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This beautiful vibrantly colored insect is seen in Houston May to October. Appropriately named “neon” as its bright red abdomen seemed to throb like a light tube as I saw it perched on a broken reed in the shallow waters of the pool in the Edith L. Moore Sanctuary.
My first dragonfly of the season! Fingers crossed that I'll find lots more of them!
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Unlike some other dragonfly species where males guard egg-laying females, Widow Skimmer males leave the female by herself, “widowing” her as she deposits her eggs just under the surface of the water.
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Widow skimmer dragonfly (Libellula luctuosa). From last summer a close up of this dragonfly with my zoom lens. In this spring, I have already seen many on the lake due to the warmer temperatures.
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Another one of those fantastic days at Nickerson Beach on Long Island. Hundreds and hundreds of Skimmers, Terns and looks like a lot more to come. They are hatching later this year. Well worth the drive and the tour of New York, Waze took us. (directions) But, we really didn't hit traffic.
Black-tailed Skimmer - Orthetrum Cancellatum
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The remarkable bill of the Black Skimmer sets it apart from all other American birds. The large red and black bill is knife-thin and the lower mandible is longer than the upper.
The Black Skimmer has one of the most unusual foraging styles of any North American bird. A feeding skimmer flies low over the water with its bill open and its lower mandible slicing the surface. When the mandible touches a fish, the upper bill snaps down instantly to catch it.
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Black-tailed Skimmer - Orthetrum Cancellatum
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A female Flame Skimmer coming in to land on one of the stalks of our Red Hot Pokers! She used the stalk as a perch to fly off and catch insects.
The remarkable bill of the Black Skimmer sets it apart from all other American birds.
The large red and black bill is knife-thin and the lower mandible is longer than the upper. The bird drags the lower bill through the water as it flies along, hoping to catch small fish
A Black Skimmer, having out maneuvered another, calls out, seeming to jeer at the other's loss.
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Black skimmer Lake Lucas Doral, Florida, USA.
No post-processing done to photo, only cropped. Nikon NEF (RAW) files available. NPP Straight Photography at noPhotoShopping.com
Black skimmer Lake Lucas Doral, Florida, USA.
No post-processing done to photo, only cropped. Nikon NEF (RAW) files available. NPP Straight Photography at noPhotoShopping.com
Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea) as seen at a temporary pond during the monsoon season in Green Valley, Arizona, USA
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