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Comparison shot between a common darter and a black darter.......some of you know commons are not the largest of dragons at a couple or so inches long. In this shot you can see the blacks are much smaller. The male black in this shot is one of the larger ones but still much smaller in the body than the common. And the fly.......it just didn't want to be left out :-)
Haven't been out much of late........suffering on the bed of near death with the dreaded man cold..... the worst thing in the known universe for all men :-(
Was feeling the need yesterday afternoon to get out take in some fresh air......there is only so much trash TV you can watch before brain death sets-in.
So walking like a zombie extra from all the trash TV.... I took to the heaths.
Still a good number of sand and common lizards about trying to make the most of the intermittent sunshine. It's really good to see a good number of both young common and sand lizards. Depending on the weather we should still be able to see lizards for another week or two before they settle down for the winter.
On the dragonfly front still managed to see southern and migrant hawkers, commons and black darters about. Again it the weather holds some of these should still be with us for a few more weeks, commons are normally the last to go with sightings into early Nov still possible.
Female British Common Darter
Dragonfly at Kibblesworth in Tyne & Wear, just behind Bewick Main Caravan Park
Canon EOS 70d
Canon 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro
Hand Held
No Flash, Sunshine
An inbound Orange Line DART train from Belt Line slows for its stop at the Irving Convention Center. The train will head south into the city then loop back north before stopping at LBJ/Central. Some orange line trains continue further north to the end of the line at Parker Road. Soon, the Orange Line will be pushed beyond Belt Line into DFW Airport.
Darters, like this Tessellated Darter (Etheostoma olmsteddi) could be challenging to see among rocks.
Taken in Chester Zoo
This like many others on my photographic day out, sorry I mean trip to the zoo with my family ;) was taken through glass. good job in this case as these little blighters are poisonous!
Arco Dart hopper dredger inbound for Garston, Liverpool
IMO: 8902905
Name: ARCO DART
Vessel Type - Detailed: Suction Dredger
MMSI: 232003278
Call Sign: MLXX3
Flag: United Kingdom
Gross Tonnage: 1309
Summer DWT: 1700 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 67.7 x 13 m
Year Built: 1990
Registered Owner, Ship/ Commercial Manager & ISM Manager: HANSON AGGREGATES MARINE LTD
Shipyard: IHC Holland Sliedrecht, Netherlands. IHC Beaver Dredgers
Hull Number: C01193
Engine: x2 Caterpillar - 3508TA - Str - 8 cyl - - 1800 rpm
Speed (loaded): 10.8 knts
Total power: 1375 kW
Hopper volume: 751 m³
Dredging depth: 30 m
Suction pipe diameter: 0.45 m
Number of dredging pipes: 1
A male Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum), seen and snapped today in Holywells Park, Ipswich.
Easy to tell the difference between these and Common Darter - the Ruddy has all black legs whereas the Common has yellow striped and black legs.
On the DART going from Dun Laoghaire to Pearce Station. My Dublin tour map says that the DART was the world's first suburban railway, built in 1834.
The darters or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae. The term "snakebird" is usually used without any additions to signify whichever of the completely allopatric species occurs in any one region. It refers to their long thin neck, which has a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged, or when mated pairs twist it during their bonding displays. "Darter" is used with a geographical term when referring to particular species. It alludes to their manner of procuring food, as they impale fishes with their thin, pointed beak. The American Darter (A. anhinga) is also known as Anhinga. It is called "water turkey" in the southern United States for little clearly apparent reason; though the American Darter is quite unrelated to the wild turkey, they are both large, blackish birds with long tails that are sometimes hunted for food.
Anhingidae are large birds with sexually dimorphic plumage. They measure about 80 to 100 cm (2.6 to 3.3 ft) in length, with a wingspan around 120 cm (3.9 ft), and weigh some 1,050 to 1,350 grams (37 to 48 oz). The males have black and dark brown plumage, a short erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have a much paler plumage, especially on the neck and underparts, and are a bit larger overall. Both have grey stippling on long scapulars and upper wing coverts. The sharply pointed bill has serrated edges, a desmognathous palate and no external nostrils. The darters have completely webbed feet, and their legs are short and set far back on the body.