flame skimmer

Stopped for this one as we left the park that day. At that point husband either got fed up with waiting for me or figured I could find my way back to the hotel on my own ;)

Flame Skimmer on Century Plant

I didn't have much luck birding Spring Lake. Maybe I took too long over breakfast. I didn't arrive there until almost 11am and it was a hot day. Oh well. Along the trail I met another lady with a big camera and lens. I asked what she'd seen and she pointed out some dragonflies to me. Here's the...

This bright, cheery little guy was an extremely cooperative subject, flying off and then returning to the same dead thistle stalk, thus allowing me to take several photos of him at different angles. Love that "persimmon" color!

I have a lot of pics of this commmon dragonfly, but the perch makes this one a little different.

One of the most striking dragonflies of the Southwest

Libellula saturata at Mission Trails Regional Park, San Diego, CA, 09-02-04, CP 5700 1.5X. Corrected ID thanks to Richard Bledsoe.

One of the most common dragonflies in my area.

This is cropped form the other pic I showed. Wanted to show how he has two of his legs behind his head... the other 4 legs are grasping the reed.

Hope you don't get sick of seeing the same 4 or 5 species from me. I wish I was seeing more variety. I didn't notice the spider in the upper right corner unitl I pulled it up on the computer.

I could swear this guy turned his head to look at me.

This is my first picture of a dragonfly, not for lack of trying ( I chose the best one out of 10 or so to post). They never seem to sit still long enough, but there were several of these guys in the area and they rested for long periods of time. Pretty sure on the ID, but if not let me know.