It was a warm but beautiful day out today and I have a few minutes in the mid-afternoon so I thought I’d take a walk to the empty lot next to my building. The drainage pond that I generally go to was quite large, overflowing the banks it’s had most times I’ve been, but above it, the ground was fairly dry and I had no problems getting around. I saw a green heron (Butorides virescens) and there were quite a few redwing blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) about. There were also a lot of dragonflies flitting around over the water. I got down on the ground by the edge of the pond and watched them, taking a few pictures now and then. I couldn’t really get as close as I would have liked but I did enjoy watching this female whitetail (Plathemis lydia) laying eggs in the water.
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Plathemis lydia (Common Whitetail), Female
Photograph taken by Henry on Thursday, June 06, 2019
Posted under Creatures and tagged with Anisoptera, Common Whitetail, Dragonflies, Insect, Insecta, Insects, Laying Eggs, Odonata, Plathemis, Plathemis lydia
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Thursday, June 06, 2019, Plathemis lydia (Common Whitetail), Female
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