Sept. 13, 2009 - A hawk, some insects and a flower
Read MoreThis Broad-winged Hawk was perched on a dead tree in the middle of a small pond near our driveway. It has a very intense gaze and is probably looking for its next meal. Broad-winged Hawks are very common in their breeding territory which includes the Eastern United States and Southern Canada. They tend to flock together in the fall when they migrate. A couple of years ago, at Hawk Ridge in Duluth, Minnesota, over 100,000 migrating Broad-winged Hawks were counted in a single day.
I took this damselfly photo at Long Lake Regional Park in New Brighton, Minnesota. I haven’t been able to positively identify it but I think it is a female Hagen’s Bluet. Note how the wings are held close to the body, which is characteristic of most damselflies.
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We see lots of bees on the flowers at our home. When I took some photos of them, I discovered that we had several species of bees. I guess I shouldn’t have been too surprised by that. I submitted my photos to BugGuide.com and found out that this one is called a Tricolored Bumble Bee because of the gold, black, and white colors on its body.
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