Variegated Meadowhawk

Male Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly Photos

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-14T05:28:14-05:00September 14th, 2023|Categories: Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Variegated Meadowhawk, Wildlife|Tags: adult, dragonflies, dragonfly, head on, male, marsh, perched, rabbitbrush, resting, summer, Sympetrum corruptum, Variegated Meadowhawk, Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly, wetlands|

When I last visited Farmington Bay WMA, I found flights of Variegated Meadowhawk dragonflies on the wing and resting, near and on Goose Egg Island.

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World Wetlands Day 2021

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-28T06:23:45-05:00February 2nd, 2021|Categories: American Bitterns, American Coots, Bald Eagles, Barn Owls, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Black-crowned Night Herons, Blue-winged Teals, Brewer's Blackbirds, Centennial Valley, Cinnamon Teals, Common Checkered-Skippers, Common Mergansers, Conservation, Eight-spotted Skimmers, Environment, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Greater Scaups, Green-winged Teals, Halloween Pennants, Hooded Mergansers, Least Sandpipers, Lesser Scaups, Long-tailed Weasels, Marsh Wrens, Montana, Moose, Muskrats, Northern Harriers, Northern Pintails, Northern Shovelers, Pectoral Sandpipers, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Red-breasted Mergansers, Red-winged Blackbirds, Reddish Egrets, Redheads, Ruddy Ducks, Rusty Blackbirds, Sandhill Cranes, Scarlet Skimmers, Snowy Egrets, Spotted Sandpipers, Tricolored Herons, Trumpeter Swans, Tundra Swans, Utah, Variegated Meadowhawk, White-faced Ibises, Wildflowers, Wilson's Phalaropes, Yellow-crowned Night Herons, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: birds, critical, insects, plants, protection, water, wetlands, wildlife, World Wetlands Day|

February 2nd is World Wetlands Day to raise global awareness about the critical role of wetlands for people, wildlife and our planet.

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Eight-spotted Skimmer & Variegated Meadowhawk

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-13T20:30:24-05:00July 6th, 2017|Categories: Box Elder County, Dragonflies, Eight-spotted Skimmers, Utah, Variegated Meadowhawk|Tags: adult, desert, dragonflies, dragonfly, Eight-spotted Skimmer, female, freshwater seep, freshwater spring, insects, Libellula forensis, odonata, rusty, seep, summer, Sympetrum corruptum, Variegated Meadowhawk, wire|

I enjoyed photographing the Eight-spotted Skimmer and Variegated Meadowhawk while also taking photos of Red-tailed Hawk juvenile.

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