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Cedar Waxwing, Quest Ponds, Kennebunk Maine<\/p><\/div>\n

There is some kind of small Dancer Damselfly emerging right now at our local ponds. They come up from the water’s edge in a visible tide, two or three in sight at any moment, and going on for hours. And where they are emerging, there are Cedar Waxwings. The birds gather around the pond, generally a dozen or more, and swoop in after the dancers as they fly. I wrote a poem about it. For the poem’s sake I named the dancer, but I am not at all sure I am right.<\/p>\n

There was a gang of Cedar Waxwings,
\nsilent but deadly, at the little drainage
\npond by the medical center parking
\nlot, picking off newly emerged Dusky
\nDancer Damselflies on their maiden
\nflights…swooping, like the guided
\nmissiles that they are, across the pond,
\ntaking the Damsels on the wing…<\/p>\n

It was awesome, totally awe inspiring,
\nto watch them. Such precision. Such
\ngrace. (Of course I will admit maybe
\nnot so much fun if you happen to be
\nan unsuspecting Dusky Dancer.)<\/p>\n

\u00a0Sony RX10iii at 1200mm equivalent field of view (2x Clear Image Zoom). 1\/250th @ ISO 160 @ f4. Processed in Lightroom. Cedar Waxwings are a great test of the resolution of you camera. Nothing is so fine as the feathers on a waxwing (Oh…sounds like another poem coming on \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n

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