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A Meeting of Dragonflies
Jul 13, 2021 09:47:48 #
Excellent sequence! Must have been taken in burst mode. Blue dashers are beautiful, and are especially fun to watch because they have a rather pugnacious in personality. What is likely happening here is that one has a favored perch, and the other was trying to take it (but it didn't work).
Jul 13, 2021 10:21:57 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Excellent sequence! Must have been taken in burst mode. Blue dashers are beautiful, and are especially fun to watch because they have a rather pugnacious in personality. What is likely happening here is that one has a favored perch, and the other was trying to take it (but it didn't work).
Thanks for your comments Mark. Yes, I was shooting in a burst mode. The dasher on the reed never gave up his perch. The invader, if you will, eventually flew off.
Jul 13, 2021 14:07:59 #
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Jul 13, 2021 17:57:48 #
DJD wrote:
A resting Blue Dasher encounters a Blue-eyed Darner. Assume the darner dropped by to say hello. Best viewed on download. Shots taken at El Dorado Park, Long Beach, CA. Using a Nikon D500 w/80-400. Thanks for viewing.
Don
Don
Dazzlers 💙💙💙
Jul 13, 2021 19:25:05 #
DJD wrote:
A resting Blue Dasher encounters a Blue-eyed Darner. Assume the darner dropped by to say hello. Best viewed on download. Shots taken at El Dorado Park, Long Beach, CA. Using a Nikon D500 w/80-400. Thanks for viewing.
Don
Don
Fantastic set of images Don
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Jul 13, 2021 19:29:50 #
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DJD wrote:
A resting Blue Dasher encounters a Blue-eyed Darner. Assume the darner dropped by to say hello. Best viewed on download. Shots taken at El Dorado Park, Long Beach, CA. Using a Nikon D500 w/80-400. Thanks for viewing.
Don
Don
Great series of shots with excellent clarity.
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Jul 14, 2021 10:55:09 #
These are exceptionally sharp captures!
Is the green face the difference between the dasher & the darner?
Is the green face the difference between the dasher & the darner?
Jul 14, 2021 11:49:08 #
raymondh wrote:
These are exceptionally sharp captures!
Is the green face the difference between the dasher & the darner?
Is the green face the difference between the dasher & the darner?
Thanks for viewing and commenting raymond. When I searched the web to get an ID on these two dragonflies (because of the different color of eyes) the green-eyed one was said to be a blue dasher and the blue-eyed one a darner. However, an UHH'er whose been studying dragonflies for many years corrected me and said both were Blue Dashers. Apparently doner's have much different body markings.
Jul 17, 2021 13:33:52 #
DJD wrote:
A resting Blue Dasher encounters a Blue-eyed Darner. Assume the darner dropped by to say hello. Best viewed on download. Shots taken at El Dorado Park, Long Beach, CA. Using a Nikon D500 w/80-400. Thanks for viewing.
Don
Don
Great action shots and story! Thanx for sharing!
Jul 27, 2021 10:07:27 #
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