{"id":13512,"date":"2020-08-01T05:30:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T09:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13512"},"modified":"2020-08-01T05:30:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T09:30:24","slug":"ebony-jewelwings-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13512","title":{"rendered":"Ebony Jewelwings in the sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psnp.info\\\/p4td_\\\/?p=13512\"}' class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc04838.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"13509\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=13509\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc04838.jpg?fit=2000%2C1886&amp;ssl=1\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-RX10M4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1596113566&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;220&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dsc04850\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc04850.jpg?fit=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc04850.jpg?fit=904%2C748&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc04850.jpg?resize=904%2C748&#038;ssl=1\" data-id=\"13508\" class=\"wp-image-13508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc04850.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc04850.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc04850.jpg?resize=1024%2C847&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc04850.jpg?resize=768%2C636&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc04850.jpg?resize=1536%2C1271&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc04850.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I visited Emmon\u2019s Preserve in Kennebunkport, Maine at the beginning of July there were just three Ebony Jewelwings enjoying the rapids where the Baston River tumbles down over some rock ledges between two pools&#8230;and I felt blessed to find them. On the next to the last day of July there dozens, both males and females. (And I still felt blessed to find them.) The males were busy doing their spinning dance over the water and defending territories, and the females, as is their habit, sat on sunny leaves and watched them. There is nothing quite like an Ebony Jewelwing in the sun. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Polarr and Apple Photos. There is a poem to go with this, already shared on its own right yesterday. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">7\/31<br \/>The dappled shade is as deep<br \/>as ever where the Baston River<br \/>(more a brook really) tumbles<br \/>peat-brown down rock ledges<br \/>between two pools...but the<br \/>long dry spell of late July has<br \/>shrunk the flow from its loud<br \/>spring song to a whisper all<br \/>but lost in mossy cover of the<br \/>rocks. And still the Ebony<br \/>Jewelwings dance over the<br \/>tiny rapids, flashing metallic<br \/>green and blue beneath jet<br \/>black wings as they fly in and<br \/>out of the dapple, inches<br \/>from the water, spiraling up<br \/>to decorate the stream-side<br \/>branches where the sun strikes<br \/>through. The males circle<br \/>each other over the water<br \/>in an intricate choreography,<br \/>contesting territory, and then<br \/>return to perch almost side<br \/>by side, a few feet apart, each<br \/>safe in his own tiny empire.<br \/>But the flash of it, the dance<br \/>of it, over the dark diminished<br \/>waters of the Baston, here<br \/>at the end of a dry July, is<br \/>always something to behold.<\/pre>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-13512\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13512&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-13512\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13512&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13512&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I visited Emmon\u2019s Preserve in Kennebunkport, Maine at the beginning of July there were just three Ebony Jewelwings enjoying the rapids where the Baston River tumbles down over some rock ledges between two pools&#8230;and I felt blessed to find them. 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