{"id":3149,"date":"2012-09-05T06:25:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T10:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2012-09-05T06:25:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T10:25:23","slug":"canada-darner-old-falls-pond-w-kennebunk-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=3149","title":{"rendered":"Canada Darner, Old Falls Pond, W. Kennebunk ME"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The other day I detailed the Black-shouldered Spinylegs I found when I went to Old Falls Pond on the Mousam River looking for American Ruby-spots. The BsSl was not the only interesting Dragonfly I found. This Canada Darner, one of the large Mosaic Darners, was hung up on a small tree on my second visit to the marsh where the trail down from the road meets the pond. As it happens, this is my second encounter with a Canada. The first was a female depositing eggs at Factory Pasture Pond in mid July.<\/p>\n

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These are big, bright Dragons\u2026the kind that can make Odonata watchers of almost anyone. <\/p>\n

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The side shot here is for identification purposes. The Mosaic Darners can be, mostly, identified on the basis of the stripes along the side of a thorax. <\/p>\n

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And this is pretty much ideal Canada Darner habitat. Old Falls Pond.<\/p>\n

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Canon SX40HS. Program with iContrast and \u20131\/3EV exposure compensation. 1240mm equivalent field of view for the Dragons\u2026840mm optical plus 1.5x digital tel-converter (except the female at 1680mm). The pond at 24mm. Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.  <\/p>\n

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