Birds and Nature

I photographed this female dragonfly, a Band-winged Meadowhawk, at Florence River Park this week. "This meadowhawk is named for the band of amber color near the base of the wings." (from http://thedragonflywhisperer.blogspot.com/2013/09/band-winged-meadowhawk.html). The males are red and females like this one are yellowish. Band-winged Meadowhawks are approximately 1- 1.5 inches in body length with wings about 2 inches across (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band-winged_meadowhawk). SeEtta

Dragonflies are neat little critters that enjoyable in summertime in Colorado and many other areas. One family of dragonflies are called "meadowhawks" and this bright goldish-yellow beauty is a Band-winged meadowhawk (I that this species has been 'lumped', or put together, with the Western meadowhawks). The males are red and the females are yellowish (but in the sun, they are bright gold looking). Be sure to double-click on these pics to enlarge them to see a high quality photos of this dragonfly up close and personal, especially the wing detail. SeEtta