It started with a dropped mite. Literally, a mite dropped onto the book I was reading. Dropped from where I quickly asked? From the dragonfly that had briefly landed on my book. I identified the dragonfly as a Blue Dasher… Read More ›
Dragonflies
The Odonates of North Otter Lake
A small montage of the more common odonates in and around my dock on North Otter Lake, South Frontenac, Ontario.
Dragonfly
A juvenile Slaty Skimmer?
Dragonfly Emergence and Death
The dragonfly looked fine at first. It had crawled up out of the water sometime during the night and had settled on this rock adjacent to the fire. It was in the process of breaking out of its larval or… Read More ›
Dragonfly Sight
It is somewhat hard to imagine that different organisms actually see in different ways than we do. We are very limited in our perception of other species’ perceptions. Cats, bees, and whales, for example, all see things in ways we… Read More ›
The Change
He was feeling downcast while on the brink of the greatest change his kind could know. His second life beckoned, but he didn’t feel a joyful anticipation, but a rather wretched apprehension. He was going to miss his patch of… Read More ›
Walden Ponderings 