I took these two images on different days, but not from each other in June of 2019.
Both dragonflies lined up with the leaf to land, but the second one seems more at rest, with his whole body settled.
Eastern Pondhawk on Diagonal
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Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly
Some dappled sunlight was filtering down onto the wooded path I was exploring and amazingly this dragonfly landed in the light.
He paused a minute on a blade of grass giving me a very good view.
When he moved he stopped right at my feet, landing on my shoe, before selecting a vegetation perch.
Early Dragonfly
I have seen dragonflies much earlier this year than the last few. Last year’s post Dragonfly, First of the Season was May 9th. In the comments of that post fellow blogger and dragonfly enthusiast Mike Powell (https://michaelqpowell.com/) thought that insect “looks to be a female Eastern Pondhawk ” and I am thinking this one might be also.
Several of them were flitting ahead of me on a wooded path and I was pleased to get the image of this one hanging onto a blade of grass.
Boynton Trail, Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
March 26, 2020
