I visited Cape May on July 19 and found many Dragonflies that I hadn't seen before. It took me this long to id them - my book only contains a couple hundred photos which apparently fall short of the voluminous varieties. If I mislabeled any please let me know. All of my photos are in the Cape May 7/19/2021 album in my Flickr account. Here's a few:
20210719_Banded-Pennant_Cape May_3555PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Osprey_Cape May_3626PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Common Whitetail_Cape May_3363PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Common Whitetail_Cape May_3568PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Egret_Cape May_3227PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Banded-Pennant_Cape May_3542PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Eastern Pondhawk_Cape May_3521PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Mallard_Cape May_3565PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Slaty Skimmer_Cape May_3523PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Twelve-spotted Skimmer_Cape May_3392PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Yellow-legged Meadowhawk_Cape May_3321PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Yellow-legged Meadowhawk_Cape May_3446PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Yellow-legged Meadowhawk_Cape May_3470PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Flower_Cape May_3456PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Laughing Gull_Cape May_3270PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Light House_Cape May_3402PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
Excellent set, nice variety and very sharp!
ecobin wrote:
I visited Cape May on July 19 and found many Dragonflies that I hadn't seen before. It took me this long to id them - my book only contains a couple hundred photos which apparently fall short of the voluminous varieties. If I mislabeled any please let me know. All of my photos are in the Cape May 7/19/2021 album in my Flickr account. Here's a few:
20210719_Banded-Pennant_Cape May_3555PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Osprey_Cape May_3626PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Common Whitetail_Cape May_3363PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Common Whitetail_Cape May_3568PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Egret_Cape May_3227PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Banded-Pennant_Cape May_3542PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Eastern Pondhawk_Cape May_3521PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Mallard_Cape May_3565PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Slaty Skimmer_Cape May_3523PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Twelve-spotted Skimmer_Cape May_3392PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Yellow-legged Meadowhawk_Cape May_3321PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Yellow-legged Meadowhawk_Cape May_3446PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Female Yellow-legged Meadowhawk_Cape May_3470PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Flower_Cape May_3456PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Laughing Gull_Cape May_3270PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
20210719_Light House_Cape May_3402PR by
Elliott Cobin, on Flickr
I visited Cape May on July 19 and found many Drago... (
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Fantastic set of images!!! Elliott
Thanks very much Ron, Barbara, Iron Sight, Jack, Jim, nimbushopper, and Frank.
Fabulous set, Elliott. The dragons are beautiful but I love the nesting ospreys also.
Nice variety of dragons here. Nice!
Beautiful images Elliott - very well done!
Great shots !!! However some of your dragon IDs are off.
The first Banded Pennant is is actually a female Common Whitetail. The abdomen (tail), on the Banded is more narrow and dark with no spots on the side.
The other Banded Pennant and Twelve-spotted Pennant are Halloween Pennants. The bands are reddish not black and some of the bands go all the way from front to back of the wing. In Banded Pennants and Twelve-spotted Pennants the bands are black and (except for the tips) don't touch the back of the wing.
The ones labeled Yellow-legged Meadowhawk, look like Needham's Skimmers. Looks similar to a Golden-winged Skimmers. However, the thorax looks more like a Needham's.
The Female Slaty Skimmer is actually a female Four-spotted Pennant. Note the white stigmas.
Great selection, great images!
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