{"id":3407,"date":"2012-12-20T05:41:49","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T10:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=3407"},"modified":"2012-12-20T05:41:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T10:41:50","slug":"pin-tailed-pondhawk-estero-llano-grande-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=3407","title":{"rendered":"Pin-tailed Pondhawk: Estero Llano Grande TX"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I suppose one of things that has caught my interest (and held it so far) about dragonflies and damselflies is that suddenly I have a whole lot more to learn\u2026and\u2026a high likelihood of finding something totally new<\/em> on each outing.  It is getting harder and harder for me to get life<\/em> birds\u2026birds I have never seen before (not because I have seen so many of the possible birds in North America, but just because I have seen most of the common ones :). I can get, however, a life<\/em> odonata at almost any pond and on just about every trip! What fun.<\/p>\n

This is a Pin-tailed Pondhawk from Estero Llano Grande World Birding Center in Weslaco Texas. It was one of several species flying on the November day when I visited. We don\u2019t have Pin-tails in Maine. We have lot of Eastern Pondhawks, and Easterns were flying in Texas with the Pin-tails, but this black furry Pondhawk was a new species for me that day. What fun!<\/p>\n

Canon SX50HS. Program with auto iContrast and Shadow Fill.  1800mm equivalent field of view. f6.5 @ 1\/1000th @ ISO 400. Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.  <\/p>\n

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