Butterfly And Wildlife Gardening And Photography» Blue Dragonfly

Move Your Butt!

texdr — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:27:34 +0000

I couldn’t resist creating some witty title for this picture. Like the recent Butterfly photos, this one is also from Sheldon Reservoir. I’ve never seen such HUGE Dragonflies.

When I was preparing to take this photo it looked like the female Dragonfly was looking right at me (as if her head is turned to the side). It wasn’t until I looked at the photo up close that I could see it was a false eye spot. It certainly fooled me.

So the reason for the title, at least in my warped sense of humor, is that it looks like this male Dragonfly is using his head to push the female Dragonfly up the stem of the plant.

Dragonflies Mating Sheldon Reservoir

Turtles And Butterflies, Oh My

texdr — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:01:03 +0000

Although we didn’t see many birds at Armand Bayou, we did see quite a few Turtles (Red Eared Sliders) and Giant Swallowtail Butterflies.

If you click on this picture and view it full size, you’ll see there’s a little Blue Dragonfly on one of the plants growing out of the pond. I didn’t notice that until I downloaded the pictures. The Turtle in this picture is a Red Eared Slider.

Turtles And Dragonfly

Giant Swallowtail At Armand Bayou

Dragonfly On Hand Video

texdr — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:09:07 +0000

Just a super quick video of a Dragonfly landing on Leecy’s hand. It’s windy outside.

Dragonfly On Leecy's Hand

texdr — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:07:19 +0000

Here’s something new we haven’t tried before, nor have I photographed before.

There’s an old Bamboo stick around a bunch of our nectar plants and you can always find a Dragonfly resting there. For whatever reason, Leecy just placed her fingers over the top of the Bamboo stick and sure enough, the Dragonfly just landed in the same way it always does.

Dragonfly On Hand

Meet Mr. Whiskers

texdr — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:36:03 +0000

Allow me to introduce Mr. Whiskers (notice the whiskers around his mouth?). Not sure what kind of Dragonfly this is, but he stayed in the same place for over 30 minutes.

Mr. Whiskers

Blue Nose Dragonfly

texdr — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:18:59 +0000

I haven’t researched what kind of Dragonfly this is, but I did notice his blue nose, hence the title of this post:-).

Blue Nose Dragonfly

Ol’ Blue Eyes

texdr — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:46:56 +0000

Just a blue eyed Dragonfly. I really love the different variety of colors involved in Dragonflies

Ol' Blue Eyes

Dragonfly Books?

texdr — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:25:44 +0000

Tomorrow I think it’s time for a new book and I was thinking of getting 1 or 2 on Dragonflies, particularly those in Texas. If, by chance anyone has read any of the books below, I sure would be interested in a review. On the other hand, if folks want to tell me I’m crazy for spending what little free time I have reading about insects, then I guess that’s okay as well:-).

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Dragonflies-and-Damselflies-of-Texas-and-the-South-Central-United-States/John-C-Abbott/e/9780691113647/?itm=6

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Dragonflies-and-Damselflies/John-Abbott/e/9780615140636/?itm=3

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Dragonflies-through-Binoculars/Sidney-W-Dunkle/e/9780195112689/?itm=1

http://www.amazon.com/Stokes-Beginners-Guide-Dragonflies-Nikula/dp/0316816795/ref=tag_dpp_lp_edpp_ttl_in

My, What Big Eyes You Have

texdr — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:41:16 +0000

I guess I haven’t really paid that much attention to Dragonflies in the past. I know they eat bugs, and I know Martins love eating them, but other than that, I can’t say I know a whole bunch. I especially never really paid attention to how big their eyes are in relation to the rest of their body? Can you imagine if humans had eyes that big in relation to the rest of their body?

Well, since I don’t know so much about Dragonflies and I am finding them rather fun to photograph, you know what that means?

Time for another BOOK!

Blue Dragonfly