Common Whitetail
Here’s the Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia), certainly one of the more common dragonflies found in ponds, lakes, and waterways at this time of the year. More and more species are being seen flying everyday in the Northeast and Sean will be trying to show you as many as he can in beautiful displays like this one. Photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project in Connecticut for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History.
Read MoreNortheastern Skippers
Sean calls them the sparrows of the butterfly world, and those little brown skippers can be quite a difficult group of butterflies to identify. He plans on spending some time this year trying to photograph as many species of skippers as possible for identification keys. It’s also a good exercise for him to sharpen his own ID skills with them. Photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project in Connecticut and New Jersey for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History.
Read MoreEastern Forktails
One of the first spring damselflies to be seen, and one of our most abundant: The Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis). As you can see the males and females can show a variety of coloration. Sean loves seeing fields and areas with water just filled with these jewels of all different colors. Photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project in Connecticut for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History.
Read MoreAurora Damselfly
Dragonflies and damselflies are being seen again and Sean couldn’t be happier! One of his favorite common species is the Aurora Damselfly (Chromagrion conditum). The yellow spot that on this male gives away it’s identification. Photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project in Connecticut for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History.
Read MoreGray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)
Sean has been hearing them every night on the main sanctuary at Audubon Greenwich, but had not had the chance to find one to photograph. A few nights ago one came to him! When he went to shut a window late one night he found this Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) had hopped in. He does not think he has ever been delivered a Meet Your Neighbours subject so nicely. Photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project in Connecticut for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History.
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