Most of my dragonflies have disappeared for the season. I will still occasionally spot a few survivors of the summer species, but their numbers are dwindling in the cooler autumn weather. One notable exception is the aptly named Autumn Meadowhawk dragonfly (Sympetrum vicinum). On Tuesday I spotted a good number of Autumn Meadowhawks while exploring Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge and captured these images with my long telephoto zoom lens—it is a bit of a challenge to focus on such a small subject with a lens zoomed out to 600mm.
In the area in which I live, Autumn Meadowhawks remain with us throughout October and November. I have personally spotted some in December and have heard of other sightings in early January.
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Nice Mike! Glad you still have Dragonflies to photograph!!
Very nice. Especially with the 150 to 600 mm. Field photography is also an exercise program.
Wow! It’s color is amazing! I like how it blends in with the leaf. Your photos are spectacular Mike! 👍
Still the odd dragon hanging on over here, not been able to photograph any lately though.
The end is drawing near, alas, for the dragonflies.