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| This afternoon I stopped at the Kane County Forest Preserve to check it out. This one is near our house and I have never been to it.. I caught this dragonfly. Looks like I am going to now have to get a "bug" identity book. I did find out this is a Halloween Pennat. |
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| This was amazing to me. |
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| There is a big pond or a small lake on the grounds. I think Water Lilies are so pretty. I saw a lot of walking and hiking trails. It looks like there is even a toboggan run. |
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| There was this pair of mallards along the edge of the pond. |
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| If you look closely you can see a blue bug. I could not see any wings, but they have to be there, as he flew around by my feet. Blue Dasher, male. |
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| Then I got this beauty, which is a Widow Skimmer. |
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| This one stopped by to have his picture taken as well. Blue Dasher |
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| Can you believe, I caught one on this lily pad. |
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| There was a little bridge over this creek that fed into the pond. It was such a pretty setting. |
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| There were a couple of fisherman. One actually caught 2 that were at least 12 inches long. When I asked if they were going to keep them, they said no and unhooked them and put the fish back. |
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| Who knew there was such a beautiful setting about 4 miles from my home. |
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| Love the waterlilies. |
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| This was supposed to be the first picture of this series. Why do they not post in the same order they were taken? All in all, I had a wonderful time watching for "Birds". Actually, I did find a new one, but have to identify it. It started out raining today and turned into a beautiful sunny day. Enjoy your day. |
1 comment:
I love watching the dragonflies and I see you have the same ones that I do here. That blue one you didn't identify with the black tail is the Blue Dasher male. I see that one a lot here. They are all such fun to see and so delicate looking....yet up close they remind me of some sort of mechanical robots where the wings attach!
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