[tn-dragonflies] Re: Band-winged Meadowhawks, Hawkins County
- From: Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 18:49:47 -0400 (EDT)
Rick,
I don't have much advice on where to find them in the Kingsport area. I
have seen a couple of Carolina Saddlebags recently, one at a little wetland
pond off a greenway in west Nashville the other afternoon, and it was perched
nicely out in the open pond, something more rare for Black Saddlebags.
They are both "flyers", but the Carolina seems to perch a lot more than the
Black. One piece of advice for photos of Black Saddlebags, once you locate a
good spot for them, and they should be more and more common as the summer
progresses, is to go out early. They will roost in a weedy/ grassy area, and
first flights of the day will be shorter until they warm up completely.
And you can see them go back down to warm up and locate them perched. Once
they warm up they tend to stay up "all day"... amazing flyers.
Good luck.
Richard
In a message dated 6/28/2013 2:05:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx writes:
I was at Phipps Bend in Hawkins County for a while this morning. Took some
more shots of Band-winged Meadowhawks including a pair "in wheel". I've
added photos to my dragonfly set on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricksphotos0501/sets/72157634367439752/. I
stopped at four spots and had
multiple Halloween Pennants at each stop. Unfortunately, the wind prevented me
taking any more shots of these dragonflies today. Will be back on a less windy
day.
Any hints on where anyone might have had Carolina or Black Saddlebags in
northeast Tennessee would be appreciated. The pond in Kingsport where I had
Carolina Saddlebags a few years ago is now completely overgrown. I've never
seen Black Saddlebags. Another lifer I'm looking for up here would be
Calico Pennant.
Rick
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Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee
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