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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Cody on May 23, 2010, 02:09:42 PM

Title: Savannah Sparrow, Dragonfly, Bank Swallow
Post by: Cody on May 23, 2010, 02:09:42 PM

2 Pictures I took this morning.  One is of a Savannah Sparrow, and the other is of a Dragonfly.  
What is this dragonfly called?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46490307@N ... otostream/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/46490307@N04/4632146759/in/photostream/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46490307@N04/4632147317/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/46490307@N04/4632147317/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46490307@N04/4632838562/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/46490307@N04/4632838562/)


These were taken on 10th Road on the Stoney Creek mountain this morning.  

Also seen:
Cedar Waxings
Whipporwill
Palm Warblers
Black-throated Green
Baltimore Orioles
Great-crested Flycatcher


Cody

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Post by: JW Mills on May 23, 2010, 07:09:38 PM

Nice shots, especially the dragonfly!
 
Here's an online dragonfly guide;
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view ... apeID=1016 (http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?curGroupID=4&shapeID=1016)

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Post by: Cody on May 23, 2010, 07:11:37 PM

Thanks Zed!

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Post by: thouc on May 24, 2010, 12:08:38 AM

Nice pictures, your swallow is a Bank Swallow, with a clear dark band and white throat.

/Thomas

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Post by: Cody on May 24, 2010, 11:37:25 AM

Thanks Thouc! I will make the correction.

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Post by: Brian Bailey on May 25, 2010, 09:06:32 PM

Hi Cody,

Your dragonfly is a young male Common Whitetail.  His abdomen will turn white as he gets older.  That's a very early date for this species.  They typically appear in early June.  If you do a Google image search, try Libellula lydia.

If you want a good field guide, try Stokes Beginner's Guide To Dragonflies (http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Stokes-Beginners-Guide-To-Dragonflies-Blair-Nikula-Donald-Stokes/9780316816793-item.html?ref=Search+Books%3a+%2527beginners+guide+to+dragonflies%2527). There are some other good guides out there, but this one's the best place to start.  Unless you really get interested in dragonflies & damselflies, it will probably be the only guide you'll ever need.

BB