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Hasty Brook: June 2010
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Hasty Brook is the loveliest place in my world. It's a little piece of heaven in northern Minnesota. Thursday, June 10, 2010. Potholes and Prairie Birding Festival in Carington, North Dakota. We got several fabulous looks at Upland Sandpipers. Western Grebes that were displaying. We came upon a few pairs of Marbled Godwits throughout the day. They were not as happy to see us as we were to see them. Common Snipe were uncommonly beautiful and easy to find. It was like seeing a piece of history. From the Fa...
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Hasty Brook: New Friends at New River
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Hasty Brook is the loveliest place in my world. It's a little piece of heaven in northern Minnesota. Wednesday, May 06, 2009. New Friends at New River. Sorry it's taken me so long to get a blog post written about my week in West Virginia. I'm having a hard time gathering and processing my thoughts. The New River Birding and Nature Festival. Was amazing on so many levels. The birding was fabulous- twenty-eight lifers for me! Our Farmhouse at Opossum Creek Retreat. This is most of the Flock:. Susan from Su...
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Jagged Ambush Bug | Of Books and Bugs
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Of Books and Bugs. Musings on the near at hand. September 19, 2014. Jagged Ambush Bug Northfield, Minnesota September 18, 2014. It’s best that its true-to-life dimensions remain at less than a centimeter in length. Wright Morris, Pecos Diamonds, and Hunting Wasps. 2 thoughts on “ Jagged Ambush Bug. September 19, 2014 at 8:03 pm. Fair warning I will never sniff a flower again! September 26, 2014 at 7:47 pm. What a wonderful description of your brief foray! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. New Chapbook of Poems.
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Hasty Brook: Common Redpolls Visit Hasty Brook
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Hasty Brook is the loveliest place in my world. It's a little piece of heaven in northern Minnesota. Monday, January 31, 2011. Common Redpolls Visit Hasty Brook. I love these little winter finches. Please ignore the streaky window). Lynne at Hasty Brook. You lucky girl.I have the Pine Siskins but so far no Redpolls.These little guys bring such joy when the come. Love their little raspberry dots on the head! Look at them all! Be sure to scan them carefully for a Hoary! Please send some my way! I added mys...
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Hasty Brook: I Made a Little Bird Wish
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Hasty Brook is the loveliest place in my world. It's a little piece of heaven in northern Minnesota. Tuesday, April 12, 2011. I Made a Little Bird Wish. Art and I made a day trip up to Hasty Brook on Sunday to do some drywall mudding (Art) and birding (me! I was sitting by the patio door with my bins, scanning the trees when I saw two larger birds across the creek. One flew to the maple on our side of the rushing creek and I didn't need binoculars any more to know that Evening Grosbeaks were at my Ha...
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Northwest Dragonflier: Web Resources
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8212; My web site with photos and information on dragonflies and damselflies in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. Here you can find:. All species I have photographed. My photos of Pacific Northwest species. My photos of Ecuador species. List of Pacific Northwest species. Oregon early/late flight dates. 8212; Find checklists, submitted records, and maps of Odonata of the world. Also here are:. The Dragonfly Society of the Americas. Back issues of Argia. Back issues of Bulletin of American Odonatology.
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Northwest Dragonflier: August 2013
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013. Leave a comment to let me know what you think it is—the species and sex. If you can tell me anything more based on what you see in the image, include that as well. Comment moderation will be turned on until I post the answer, so they will not be visible in the meantime. Postscript, 3 September 2013. This challenge is now closed. The answer with a complete discussion is here. Posted by Jim Johnson. Friday, August 23, 2013. What's that little blue thing? S a bluet. Which one?
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Northwest Dragonflier: November 2012
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012. Season's Feastings, the Odonate Way. Posted by Jim Johnson. Monday, November 19, 2012. High Speed Video of Flying Dragonflies. I recently became reacquainted with this interesting National Science Foundation video. On YouTube, and I thought it was worth sharing. Titled Science Nation - Dragonflies: The Flying Aces of the Insect World. It features a species of the eastern United States, Spangled Skimmer ( Libellula cyanea. Posted by Jim Johnson. Thursday, November 15, 2012.
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Northwest Dragonflier: ID Challenge #5 Answer
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013. ID Challenge #5 Answer. I didn’t give you much to go on in this challenge, but this odonate is identifiable based on what you see. Not only that, but the sex can be determined and, as I alluded to, a little more can be deduced—something that has happened to this individual, if you’re observant. Needham, Westfall, and May, 2000). See Figure 80 on page 159. Males of the species lack those projections, and the rear margin of their occiput is smooth and slightly concave...Below...
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Northwest Dragonflier: ID Challenge #5
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013. Leave a comment to let me know what you think it is—the species and sex. If you can tell me anything more based on what you see in the image, include that as well. Comment moderation will be turned on until I post the answer, so they will not be visible in the meantime. Postscript, 3 September 2013. This challenge is now closed. The answer with a complete discussion is here. Posted by Jim Johnson. August 28, 2013 at 6:38 PM. I have no idea. September 3, 2013 at 10:43 AM. In ch...