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The Daily Bucket - A bug in the machine [1]

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Date: 2023-05-19

In the video, The female is more alert, noisy and in charge of how much is required for their chicks nutrition. Since she can’t send the male to the store on his own (and expect him to return with every correct thing on the list) she makes this trip with him.

the button that one pushes to take a photo. The same mechanism failed on my last Cannon camera. However, since the button for video is located in a different spot on the camera, I should be able to use it for that. Tested my theory, and it worked as expected. Here is the result of my video experiment. But I must give you a little background on these birds.

I mentioned (during OceanDiver’s last diary) that my camera died during a quest for Dragonflies. I am certain the problem stemmed from the mechanism for the zoom, which surrounds

I’ll repeat the images I posted for OD’s diary. Soon after these shots, the camera quit working.

Ornate Pennant — Celythemis ornata

Specifically, this close up is the one that ended my day of photography.

Before that moment, I was able to get other images. Here are the ones I liked (and the camera did too before it crapped out).

female Calico Pennant — Celithemis elisa

different insect with fewer wing markings

male Calico Pennant (red andromorph) — Celithemis elisa

same species, different insect

Tiger Swallowtail feasting on racoon scat

same butterfly after it’s meal

female Eastern Pondhawk — Erythemis simplicicollis

The lighting was bad for the next dragonfly. The tail normally appears the same blue shade as the Pondhawk above.

male Blue Dasher — Pachydiplax longipennis

I couldn’t believe my luck when I saw this image on my laptop. I realized that the Skimmer had just emerged from the nymph hull above it. I wish now that I had been able to record that event.

Yellow-sided Skimmer — Libellula flavida newly arrived

In a few days, it will look like the one below.

I am offering a link to the Research Station. fieldstation.olemiss.edu/…

The greatest thing about that place is there are 158 ponds used to study everything related to water. If you want to study: amphibians, fish, mosquitoes, sediment or dragonflies, this is the place to set up shop. Another dream site for me.

I was able to catch this lovely Water Lily in one of the ponds. Aquatic plants thrive at the Research Station in a few of the ponds. This bloom was particularly vibrant.

I hope you have enjoyed this little diary of insects. I offer this as an Open Thread. Feel free to display all of your new findings. I will see you after I get off work today.

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