{"id":14495,"date":"2021-07-21T07:19:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T11:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=14495"},"modified":"2021-07-21T07:19:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T11:19:11","slug":"carolina-saddlebags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=14495","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Saddlebags!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psnp.info\\\/p4td_\\\/?p=14495\"}' class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dscn4399.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"14492\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=14492\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dscn4399.jpg?fit=2000%2C1610&amp;ssl=1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dscn4392.jpg?resize=904%2C719&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dscn4392.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>Carolina Saddlebags: Kennebunk, Maine, USA \u2014 I stopped by the drainage ponds at Southern Maine Health Care on my way to the grocery store on my recumbent eTrike, just to see what was happening. I have not seen so many odonata of so many different kinds in one spot in a long time, if ever. Many Twelve-spotted and Widow Skimmers, large numbers of Blue Dashers, at least 2 mating wheels of Green Darner, an Eastern Amberwing, Amberwing and Spotted Spreadwing, many Eastern Pondhawks, a Unicorn Clubtail, and thousands of Azure Bluets. And I am probably forgetting some. But best of all there were Saddlebags. At least two Black Saddlebags which, in line with all my pervious experience, would not perch, and at least 2 \u201cred\u201d saddlebags, one of which was guarding a perch right at eye-level on a tall reed. I took a lot of photos, but the angle was not great for an identification, and I never did catch it from the back\u2026still, I am petty confident it is a Carolina Saddlbags\u2026especially since according to the Maine Damselfly and Dragonfly Survey, we do not get Red Saddlebags in Maine \ud83d\ude42 Nikon B700 at 1440mm equivalent. Shutter program at 1\/400th. 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