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Female Eight-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly

By |2022-07-20T06:11:07-05:00July 20th, 2022|Categories: Davis County, Eight-spotted Skimmers, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Earlier this week my last subject of the morning was a female Eight-spotted Skimmer dragonfly that landed in front of me next to a creek in the mountains.

Brown Pelicans And Memories

By |2021-08-07T03:58:20-05:00January 6th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Brown Pelicans, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Eleven years ago this morning I had an amazing time photographing flocks of Brown Pelicans plunge feeding in the Gulf of Mexico.

Twelve-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly – Other Things With Wings

By |2022-07-19T15:27:14-05:00July 17th, 2020|Categories: Box Elder County, Davis County, Eight-spotted Skimmers, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Twelve-spotted Skimmer Dragonflies, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Five days ago I photographed a lifer dragonfly when I found a male Twelve-spotted Skimmer that was hanging around a spring-fed seep next to a gravel road in Box Elder County.

Male Flame Skimmer Dragonfly – Libellula saturata

By |2021-08-27T04:08:37-05:00July 20th, 2018|Categories: Box Elder County, Dragonflies, Flame Skimmers, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I caught a flash of orange that drew my eye and watched as this male Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata) dragonfly landed on a branch not far from where I had parked my Jeep.

Head On Eight-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly – Other Things With Wings

By |2022-07-19T15:35:48-05:00July 15th, 2018|Categories: Davis County, Eight-spotted Skimmers, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago at Glover Pond there were several Eight-spotted Skimmer dragonflies that I aimed my lens at and of those I liked this head on shot the most.

Black Skimmer in a Fog over the Gulf of Mexico

By |2022-04-24T06:46:52-05:00December 24th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Whenever I view this photo of a lone Black Skimmer in flight on a foggy Gulf shore I feel a wave of joy and peaceful feelings wash over me.

Courting Black Skimmers on North Beach, Fort De Soto

By |2022-04-24T06:59:10-05:00November 29th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On a hazy, windy day in May of 2008 I was able to sand crawl on my belly close enough to some Black Skimmers to watch and photograph them courting.

Male Eight-spotted Skimmers at Farmington Bay

By |2022-07-19T15:40:48-05:00August 13th, 2016|Categories: Davis County, Eight-spotted Skimmers, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A few days ago I discovered several male Eight-spotted Skimmers close to the edge of Glover Pond at Farmington Bay and was delighted to photograph these beautifully patterned Odonata.

Scoop Of Black Skimmers Flying Past Shell Key

By |2022-04-24T06:56:02-05:00October 26th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I haven't seen Black Skimmers in over six years now but in my mind I can still hear them calling when I look at my images of a group of them in flight.

A morning spent at Fort De Soto six years ago today

By |2020-11-06T05:54:28-06:00September 4th, 2014|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Piping Plovers, Sandwich Terns, Semipalmated Plovers, Wood Storks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Six years ago this morning I was photographing birds at Fort De Soto County Park and I wanted to share a few images and memories of that day.

Black Skimmers at Fort De Soto Five Years Ago Today

By |2022-04-24T07:04:49-05:00April 26th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It is really cruddy here in Utah this morning so I thought I would go back in time to a warmer, sunnier day via the magic of some Black Skimmer images I created five years ago today.

Bird images from warmer and sunnier days

By |2020-04-18T14:33:06-05:00January 31st, 2013|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Brown Pelicans, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Snowy Egrets, White Ibises|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I love winter, I love seeing snow on the mountains and feeling the crispness in the air but I am getting tired of gray cloudy days and heavy fog so I thought I would post a few images from warmer and sunnier days that I took while I lived in Florida.

4 Years ago today when Hurricane Ike stirred things up at Fort De Soto

By |2020-01-25T05:56:45-06:00September 12th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Laughing Gulls, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets, Ring-billed Gulls, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Four years ago today Hurricane Ike was out in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico and the waves that it generated made a strong splash at Fort De Soto County Park.

Black Skimmer adult in flight

By |2022-04-24T05:03:48-05:00October 12th, 2011|Categories: Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

I could always tell when a flock of Black Skimmers were flying in to Fort De Soto's north beach when I was photographing there because I could usually hear their soft, nasal barking yips or yeps before I saw them.

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