Tag: dragonflies

Reviews

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide–A Book Review

October 5, 2021 by Donna No Comments

Nature enthusiasts visiting Costa Rica have been blessed with a plethora of field guides and handbooks, from Richard Garrigues and Robert Dean’s The Birds...

Birding

Broome’s easterly winds

April 20, 2014 by Clare M 1 Comment

On Monday the weather changed. It is that time of year when everything changes. Our migratory shorebirds have mostly departed for their northern hemisphere...

Reviews

Britain’s Dragonflies & Britain’s Butterflies: A Review of Two Field Guides

August 6, 2013 by Donna 2 Comments

Birders of the 21st century have it good, especially those of us who speak and read English. We can bird all over the world,...

Reviews

Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East: A Field Guide Review

May 3, 2012 by Donna 10 Comments

We now interrupt all talk about birds and migration to consider dragonflies. And damselflies. Together they comprise Ondonata, an order of insects that, like...

Birds

Merlin Snags Dragonfly

September 21, 2011 by Corey 11 Comments

A friend of a friend named Daryl Cavallaro took this stunning shot of a Merlin snagging a snack recently at Floyd Bennett Field in...

Bugs

Digiscoping (Flying) Dragonflies

May 24, 2011 by Dale Forbes 8 Comments

Digiscoping is really hard. Isn’t that what everyone keeps saying? That it is almost impossible to get a good quality shot. That it is...

Bugs

In the heat of the day

February 19, 2011 by Redgannet 6 Comments

Unrest and revolution in Egypt has caught the international headlines this week. Mubarak’s ousting has left a military regime holding the reins until the...

Bugs