Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Dragonflies

The house we stayed in had a pond out back. I don't mean a little goldfish pond that people artificially construct. I mean a mini lake flanked by reeds twice my own height. It was beautiful and sheltered an array of wildlife I can only begin to imagine. Among the frequent visitors from the pond where an entire colony of dragonflies. Little tiny baby ones and mammoth six-inch long ones.

Despite their abundance, their rapid speed and infrequent rests made them difficult to capture on camera. Even this shot is a little blurry.

Quite humorously one morning we noticed a line of several dozen sitting along the telephone wires strung outside like little birds all in a row.

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