Dragonflies – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Band-winged and Striped Meadowhawk Dragonfly Photos

By Mia McPherson|October 18th, 2022|Categories: Band-winged Meadowhawks, Davis County, Dragonflies, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Striped Meadowhawks, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, Band-winged Meadowhawk, boulder, dragonflies, dragonfly, fall, female, hanging, male, marsh, meadowhawk, meadowhawks, odonata, resting, rock, Striped Meadowhawk, Sympetrum pallipes, Sympetrum semicinctum, wetlands|

At Farmington Bay WMA yesterday I saw and photographed two kinds of meadowhawk dragonflies including this Band-winged Meadowhawk resting on a boulder.

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Male Flame Skimmer Dragonfly – Libellula saturata

By Mia McPherson|July 20th, 2018|Categories: Box Elder County, Dragonflies, Flame Skimmers, Utah|Tags: desert, dragonflies, dragonfly, Flame Skimmer, Fragrant Sumac, Libellula saturata, male, odonata, orange, red, Rhus aromatica, seep, skimmer, skimmers, summer|

I caught a flash of orange that drew my eye and watched as this male Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata) dragonfly landed on a branch not far from where I had parked my Jeep.

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Eight-spotted Skimmer & Variegated Meadowhawk

By Mia McPherson|July 6th, 2017|Categories: Box Elder County, Dragonflies, Eight-spotted Skimmers, Utah, Variegated Meadowhawk|Tags: adult, desert, dragonflies, dragonfly, Eight-spotted Skimmer, female, freshwater seep, freshwater spring, insects, Libellula forensis, odonata, rusty, seep, summer, Sympetrum corruptum, Variegated Meadowhawk, wire|

I enjoyed photographing the Eight-spotted Skimmer and Variegated Meadowhawk while also taking photos of Red-tailed Hawk juvenile.

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Photobombed by a bird and a bug

By Mia McPherson|August 21st, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Barn Swallows, Birds, Dragonflies, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Loggerhead Shrikes, Northern Harriers, Utah|Tags: Barn Swallow, bird photography, birding, Circus hudsonius, Davis County, dragonfly, flight, harrier, harriers, Hirundo rustica, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike, nature photography, Northern Harrier, perched, photobomb, photobombed, shrike, shrikes, swallow, swallows, wildlife photography|

When taking any photograph it is possible to be photobombed and I have had my share of those including these two bird images.

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Earth Day 2013

By Mia McPherson|April 22nd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Coyotes, Dragonflies, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Reddish Egrets, Roosevelt Wetlands, Utah, Wildlife, Zion National Park|Tags: Antelope Island State Park, Arisaema triphyllum, bird photography, birds, Canis latrans, Coyote, Crocothemis servilia, dragonfly, Egretta rufescens, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, nature, nature photography, Reddish Egret, Scarlet Skimmer, Utah, wildlife, wildlife photography, Zion National Park|

I wanted to share these images because today is Earth Day.

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Mating Halloween Pennant Dragonflies

By Mia McPherson|September 8th, 2012|Categories: Dragonflies, Florida, Roosevelt Wetlands|Tags: Celithemis eponia, dragonflies, drangonfly, Florida, Halloween Pennant, insects, mating, nature photography, pennant, pennants, Roosevelt Wetlands, wetlands, wildlife photography|

I am fascinated by "things with wings" and that includes dragonflies like these mating Halloween Pennants (Celithemis eponia).

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