I went to a little retention pond that has been present for several years. It was made when a beautiful grassland was destroyed to make a parking/storage lot for Ford F150 trucks. Yay! Another feather in the cap of mankind. I was curious to see what kind of dragonflies may have moved in to the weedy surroundings. The answer is not many - but, there were a few. A single male blue dasher, a couple of black saddlebags flying, a few green darners flying, mating and ovipositing.
Teneral individual appears to be a Black Saddlebags (T. lacerata) - unfortunately, not a good photo.
Ovipostiting Green Darner
Above and below: Northern Rough-winged Swallow
I don't know why I was surprised to see rough-winged swallow. I only saw one, but it acted like it was protecting territory. At one point it was in vigorous pursuit of a killdeer who perhaps got too close to a nest.
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