Saturday, August 1, 2009

male Eastern Pondhawk

We have a pretty good canal system, here in the Hammock. It drains most of the water to the lake. I took a bike ride to see if I could get a picture of the 4 –5’ gator I had seen a few days ago. No luck but did see this male Eastern Pondhawk.

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Very pretty blue. He wouldn’t turn and look at me. but, you can see his head is a dark green.

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It looks like his “helmet” has green dots around the edge. It’s amazing how they are put together.

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8 comments:

  1. What a beautiful creature! I like to try photographing them but have trouble getting all of him in focus.

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  2. Fantastic dragonfly shots! He's an absolute beauty. Although the gator shot would have been interesting, I'm glad you saw this guy.

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  3. Excellent capture. The colors and patterns are great. I guess we're all put together in unique ways.

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  4. Great photos! I love his helmet. Have never seen of these before.

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  5. Great to see such detail in the last pic Carol.

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  6. Wow Carol! those are some awesome photos! The helmet with the dots is very cool!
    Thanks for sharing these!

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  7. Hi Carol, Just checking in with you --after being gone for a week. Hope you are doing okay and enjoying life in Florida...
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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