Racket-tailed Emerald
On July 2, 2014 by lightshedder With 0 Comments
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Now here is a creature for you. Talk about wildlife! This is wild. Or that is what I think. 🙂
I have only ever seen the Racket-tailed Emerald in one small pool on the land-ward side of the Kennebunk Bridle Path, maybe a mile inland from the mouth of Mousam River, but I see at least a few there every June/July. They are pretty steady fliers, constantly patrolling the pool, but they do occasionally perch. Last Saturday was a good day to catch one perched.
Olympus OM-D E-M10 with 75-300mm zoom. 600mm equivalent. Shutter preferred. 1/640th @ ISO 800 @ f7.1. Processed in Snapseed on my tablet. Cropped for scale.