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Spot-winged Glider

Posted on Jun 24, 2015

Spot-winged Glider

Today was the best day that I have experienced so far this year for migratory insects! Red Admiral and Monarch butterflies were on the wing, and dozens of dozens of dragonflies were zipping by including Common Green Darners, Black Saddlebags, Carolina Saddlebags, Swamp Darners, Wandering Gliders and Spot-winged Gliders (Pantala hymenaea) like this one. You can see the spots of this very difficult to catch species here. Keep an eye out for Sean’s Meet Your Neighbour photo of it sometime soon. So much more life is emerging every day now that we have entered the summer, and it is so...

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Boothe Park Hawk Watch 9/12 – 182 migrant raptors

Posted on Sep 13, 2014

Boothe Park Hawk Watch 9/12 – 182 migrant raptors

We had a decent day at the Boothe Park Hawk Watch in Stratford, Connecticut yesterday, considering the deep blue sky in control, as we tallied 182 migrant raptors filling in the 9:30-4:30 time frame. Having no clouds in the sky makes it very difficult to spot hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures and so forth flying at altitudes in the thousands of feet. Light clouds, especially cirrus, provide a helpful backdrop to view them on without obscuring any or dumping precipitation which would stop the birds from moving south. In essence many migrants likely flew by right over our heads that we could...

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Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)

Posted on Aug 30, 2014

Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)

Dragonfly fall migration is underway! I netted this Spot-winged Glider flying around RTPI this week. Keep an eye out for them, Wandering Gliders, Common Green Darners, Black Saddlebags and more on the move in large numbers soon.

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