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This is a scene often scene when the skimmers are nesting. They are very protective and territorial of their nesting area. It is certainly understandable since they certainly do not have much real estate ! Love watching these beautiful birds and they never disappoint us.
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Orthetrum caledonicum
This is a male as indicated by the pale blue colour and by the clasper on the tail. Juveniles are yellow and black and this colouration gradually gives way to pale blue in the case of the male and brownish-grey in the case of the female. This particular individual still retains some of the yellow and black from its youth.
This individual was photographed in Moruya on the south coast of NSW, Australia.
Preening in mid-air!
Taken at Fort De Soto, Florida.
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The distinctive Black Skimmer has many folk names in North America, where it has been called scissor-bill, shearwater, seadog, flood gull, stormgull, razorbill, and cutwater.
Rynchops Niger
Folk names for the Black Skimmer include Seadog, Scissor-bill, and Cutwater.
it's hard to believe that that huge bill is so narrow. Like a razor blade coming right at you.
Long Island, NY
(Rynchops niger) We watched 3 or 4 skimmers early one morning on an almost flat calm pond. They are masters of agility and so graceful!
The species name of the Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) “means sorrowful or mournful, perhaps because the wings of both male and female seem to be draped in mourning crepe.”
Stone Harbor Point NJ.
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Fantastic day at Manasquan Inlet, NJ. This is one of the Skimmer families there. There is actually two chicks in this picture. Can you find the second one? Looks like it drew the short stick this time.
This Black Skimmer was doing what it does best - Skimming!
{ Brzytwodziób amerykański, rynchops niger }
Long Island, New York
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The scarlet skimmer or ruddy marsh skimmer, Crocothemis servilia, is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii.
Back in Florida and back to the dragonflies. I tried a new area today, a small nature trail with lots of water. I've never seen so many Roseate skimmers. Hundreds of females were hanging back from the lake in the bushes, taking a time-out. Very cooperative for the camera. Orthemis ferruginea
A Black Skimmer in flight with a Black-necked Stilt foraging in the background. This shot was taken in the Lower Laguna Madre from South Padre Island, Texas.
This is my last post for a couple of weeks as we head back to this area for warmer weather and more great birding.