We were at one of our favorite field ponds yesterday. Here’s one of its calming sights. Are your eyes good enough to see the cute insect at rest? (It’s about a one-inch young male Common Blue Damselfly [Enallagma cyathigerum], we think.)
One of the non-calming experiences there is trying to get lucky at “shooting” Dragonflies and Damselflies as they whiz by. Here’s an image of what we think is a young (only two-inch) whizzing male Common Green Darner Dragonfly (Anax junius):
(Brooklin, Maine)