Showing posts with label Eastern Amberwing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eastern Amberwing. Show all posts

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Potpouri of Things with Wings

From the last few weeks, a miscellany of winged things that have crossed my path here and there.

The Common Loons on Sunset Lake seem to be on the way to successfully raising a chick, the first in a couple of years of failures (mainly from predators and competing loons).

Common Loon - Sunset Lake, Vermont
Young Wood Duck on the Wissahickon River, Philadelphia ...

Wood Duck - Wissahickon River, Philadelphia

Wood Duck - Wissahickon River, Philadelphia
Young Hooded Merganser, Wilson Wetlands, Putney, VT

Hooded Merganser, Wilson Wetlands, Putney, VT
From various places in Windham County, Vermont

Eastern Comma

Meadowhawk species
One of the smallest dragonflies, Eastern Amberwing, barely an inch in length - easily missed except for the golden glister of the wings  ...

Eastern Amberwing
Finally, from my backyard ...

Great Spangled Fritillary

Blue Jay- youngster who has figured out how to feed himself

Pearl Crescent

American Lady

Monday, September 08, 2014

Dragonflies

I continue my interest in dragonflies and the combined challenges of finding them, photographing them, and identifying them.

Twelve-spotted Skimmer and Widow Skimmer, photographed July 29 at Wilson Wetlands, Putney, VT

Twelve-spotted Skimmer

Widow Skimmer
The Cape May day trip on August 28 provided quite a variety of dragonflies

Blue Dasher ...

Blue Dasher

Blue Dasher
Eastern Amberwing ...

Eastern Amberwing

Eastern Pondhawk ...

Eastern Pondhawk (female)

Great Blue Skimmer ...

Great Blue Skimmer (female)
Great Blue Skimmer (female)

Swamp Darner ...

Swamp Darner
Common Whitetail ...

Common Whitetail

Thursday, September 05, 2013

Amberwing and Green Darner

Eastern Amberwing

Along the Connecticut River 3 weeks ago, I managed a blurry photo of the Eastern Amberwing (Perithimis tenera, 0.9") as it patrolled its patch of lily pads.
In the butterfly garden at Heinz refuge, this tiny skimmer came to rest close by ...

Eastern Amberwing
Eastern Amberwing

At the other end of the size-scale for dragonflies, a Common Green Darner - female (Anax junius, 3.0") - stunning!


Common Green Darner - female

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