Swamp Darner

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1. Richard Lefkowitz

   July 16, 2022 at 10:09 am

   Hi Matthew, Thank you for your postings of natural life in our city; they inspire me to explore and learn.  I’m taking a course in dragonflies and damselflies from NYBG.  Could you let me know where you’ve been spotting the Swamp Darners: I’d like to explore that area for my course work. I’ve been using my smart phone to photograph dragonflies and damselflies:  the results are generally poor and out of focus.  I want to start looking for a lower-end DSLR camera with a zoom lens for macro-photography.  Do you have any recommendations? Thanks for all, Richard Lefkowitz  

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   1. mthew

      July 16, 2022 at 12:51 pm

      Hi, Richard

      I’ve been seeing them in Green-Wood, but also in my Sunset Park neighborhood. So I think they’re all over but in small numbers. This iNaturalist page shows recent reports in the five boroughs https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=674&subview=map&taxon_id=100034

      I use a Sony RX10IV, which has a fixed lens, so I can’t speak to DSLRs.

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