Photography, Nature, Birds, the Environment, and . . .
Posted in Dragons & Damsels, Nature Photography, Serendipity Saturday on Nov 7th, 2009
Four-spotted Skimmer, Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota (click image to view larger) I do like dragonflies, they are such cool creatures, and this Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata) is one I photographed on the shore of an unnamed lake north of Grand Rapids, MN. An extremely widespread species, they are also found in Europe and Asia where [...]
Posted in Dragons & Damsels, Nature Photography, Serendipity Saturday on Sep 19th, 2009
Rambur’s Forktail (f), Florida (click image to view larger) In the insect world members of the order Odonata, dragonflies and damselflies, rank right up there as just about my favorites. The damsel pictured here is a female Rambur’s Forktail (Ischnura ramburii) photographed at one of my favorite parks (Buschman Park) for birding during migration in [...]
Posted in Butterflies, Dragons & Damsels on Jun 3rd, 2009
While the morons gave me the opportunity for my earlier rant, the trip to the reservoir, in addition to being a fun time for Roxy (a full hour in the water!), I also had a chance to do some macro photography. This time of year damselflies are pretty common on the shores of Tropic Reservoir, [...]
If the history-deniers who doubt the fact of evolution are ignorant of biology, those who think the world began less than ten thousand years ago are worse than ignorant, they are deluded to the point of perversity. They are denying not only the facts of biology but those of physics, geology, cosmology, archaeology, history, and chemistry as well.
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