Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Odes

Fragile? Well, that’s the common name of Ischnura posita, but they’re tough enough for most NYC habitats.

Another Fragile Forktail, recently emerged.

Eastern/Ischnura verticalis.

Currently upstate, where I spotted an Aurora Damsel/Chromagrion conditum for the first time. More upstaters:

Lancet Clubtail/Phanogomphus exilis

Azure Bluet/Enallagma aspersum

Skinning Bluet/Enallagma geminatum

Springtime Darner/Basiaeschna janata

A good perch is hard to find… Common Whitetail/Plathemis Lydia joins that Springtime Darner.

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