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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #240 on: June 13, 2018, 10:03:21 AM
Last Saturday, Green-eyed Hawker
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #241 on: June 13, 2018, 10:17:53 AM
Blue Emperor.

Photobomb (dead):  the larval skin shed by an emerging damselfly.
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #242 on: June 13, 2018, 01:43:43 PM
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #243 on: June 24, 2018, 10:39:34 PM
I take my hat of to you Ron, i found these Dragons very difficult to photograph, i gave up trying to get a decent photo but a short time later one came to me  :tu:

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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #244 on: June 25, 2018, 05:12:02 AM
Very nice, Borg. The ones that come to you are the best. (Except when they come and sit on your right shoulder):


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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #245 on: June 29, 2018, 08:25:44 PM
1. Today, Blue-eyed Damselfly tandem. A rare species in The Netherlands (but not very rare where I live).

2. Today. Black-tailed Skimmer. A very common dragonfly.

3. Day before yesterday. Great Green Bush Cricket

4. Day before yesterday. Scarlet Darter
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #246 on: August 26, 2018, 09:54:35 PM
Either I was very lucky or I´m getting good at this... Three different hawker species within an hour, all at the same location less than a mile from home.

Top to bottom Migrant Hawker, Brown Hawker, and Southern Hawker.
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #247 on: May 19, 2019, 09:45:37 PM
Hairy Hawker today
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #248 on: May 22, 2019, 10:31:53 AM
Excellent pic Ron.   :tu:   :tu:


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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #249 on: May 23, 2019, 08:50:24 PM
Thanks zoidberg  :cheers:


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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #250 on: May 24, 2019, 02:47:05 PM
Yes, beautiful pics Ron - do you ever blow the pics up and put them on the wall?
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #251 on: May 24, 2019, 05:18:32 PM
Well, I used to. But after taking more than 10,000 they all look the same. Also, I´ll not be posting as many pics as before, except maybe if I picture a new (to me) species.


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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #252 on: May 30, 2019, 05:55:05 PM
Blue Featherleg and Green-eyed Hawker today.
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #253 on: May 30, 2019, 06:56:06 PM
Stunning photos as ever Ron. :hatsoff:
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #254 on: May 30, 2019, 07:00:19 PM
Stunning photos as ever Ron. :hatsoff:

 :iagree: Outstanding!  :like:


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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #256 on: July 07, 2019, 07:29:17 PM
One of today´s
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #257 on: July 07, 2019, 07:32:28 PM
And one from last week
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #258 on: July 07, 2019, 08:58:09 PM
This one was putting on quite a show, bouncing up and down arse first into the water, i presumed it was laying eggs  :dunno:

It didn't really care i was there, it had my phone shoved in its face for a few minutes and didn't bother

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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #259 on: July 07, 2019, 09:28:23 PM
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That one´s very rare overhere. I never saw it for real.


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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #260 on: July 17, 2019, 09:12:46 PM
On the spotters´ website, my dragonfly pics score maybe 25 hits on average.
This is an exception. Posted in 2013, it was rated 5 stars by 7 people and it just broke 1,000.
Technically, it´s not a very good pic. It is low res, and not sharp enough.

A Brilliant Emerald flying above its mirror image. The water is dead still, and also reflects clouds and some bushes.
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #261 on: July 18, 2019, 12:11:16 AM
Wow ! great shot Ron !!1  :like:


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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #262 on: July 18, 2019, 04:59:39 PM
Thanks Steve  :cheers:


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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #263 on: July 23, 2019, 09:29:23 PM
Ruddy Darter
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #264 on: July 24, 2019, 07:31:20 PM
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I'm not sure if this is a Damsel or Dragon but i'm guessing both are welcome here  :cheers:

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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #265 on: July 25, 2019, 12:23:52 PM
A Common Bluet if I´m not mistaken... And yes damsels are as welcome as the real dragons.  :like:


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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #266 on: August 16, 2019, 07:51:00 PM
Today´s lucky shot
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #267 on: August 26, 2019, 08:33:23 PM
Another Migrant Hawker
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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #268 on: September 02, 2021, 10:52:47 PM
It´s been a while since I posted here. With Covid going on and on I haven´t been out much but today my parents and I went for a walk in one of our national parks where my father made this picture of a snake. It was about two feet in length. I had never seen a real snake outside of a zoo, that´s because they´re quite rare in The Netherlands (overhere, skinning one for a new pair of boots is a serious offense). This one was taking a sunbath on the path and moved away when my father made the pic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth_snake

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Re: Flying dragons
Reply #269 on: September 02, 2021, 11:46:36 PM
I've been seeing more in my yard patrolling.  I love watching them make circles around my yard looking for prey. 
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