Small Wildlife Around the Water

Small Wildlife Around the Water

Small Wildlife Around the Water, these tiny little creatures are called Damselfly, such a strange name. They are not a dragonfly. I did not realize until today that they are two different species. These are so tiny, very hard to photograph also. But Damselfly eyes are separate, there is a space between their eyes and a Dragonfly has eyes that are almost connected, looks like one giant eye on their heads.

Small Wildlife Around the Water

Dragonfly

dragon flies

I have not seen any monarch butterflies this year. But this one here was hanging around my porch. Its wings look a bit torn up, probably from the long flight to get up here. But it was flying around just fine all day. It was taking a rest on my porch chair.

Small Wildlife Around the Water

It had two tones of color, under the wings it was a brown tone and on top of the wings it was black and white.

Small Wildlife Around the Water

So I will leave you with a photo of one of my favorite lakes, hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Small Wildlife Around the Water

by Sandra J


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31 Replies to “Small Wildlife Around the Water”

  1. Incredible shots Sandra. Love the fact you have focused on the small stuff, it isn’t just about the big things in life. Fascinating to come across your blog. I can’t wait to see more from you 🙂

    If you are interested in more wildlife photography and travel stories, please check out my blog where I recount stories from being a safari guide plus my subsequent travels across Africa.

    1. Thank you very much Sam, so true, sometimes it is the small things that make a difference. I will definitely check out your site, sounds fascinating. 😊

  2. Those bright blue damselflies are beautiful. We used to occasionally get them in our back garden. I don’t know where they came from but they were like blue laserbeams pinging about between the shrubberies. I’ve heard they live around water, so maybe some of the posh people on the other side of the railway had a nice pond, or something…

    1. They are so cool looking, yes I only see them around the pond and they are so small, It was hard to get a photo of them.

  3. Thanks Sandra, for these close-ups of our natural world. Great work. Watched a few of your videos yesterday. Blessings to you.

    1. Thank you very much RJ, I love taking photographs but have also found much enjoyment of taking videos of nature and sharing them with who ever might come across them. Thank you again and have a wonderful weekend.

  4. I can’t believe how perfectly you captured the wings of the dragonfly. Wow! ❤️ And the butterfly is quite interesting with different coloration of the wings.

    1. Thank you Jo, yes I had to lay in the grass for that shot and not move until it landed right in front of me. 😊

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