Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Cherry-faced Meadowhawk

Last summer, I took very few Dragonfly photos, mainly because most of the parks and natural areas were closed after the devastation caused by Alberta's Flood of the Century. Saw this one - a Cherry-faced Meadowhawk? - at Pearce Estate (near Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, which is still closed thanks to the flood of June 2013).

Somehow, the battered wings of this Cherry-faced Meadowhawk (?) seemed to catch the sunlight even more than normal and it looked so pretty fluttering. I didn't realize how badly damaged its wings were till I got home, as this was taken at some distance. Thought I'd post it, despite its imperfections : ) Photographed at Maclean Pond, Kananaskis, on August 29th.

First, an admission, lol - I very quickly "fixed" the forewing on the right, to fill in a missing area. Just don't have time to try and do a better job of it, but at least it now annoys me less : ) Two of us took forever to try and get our cameras to focus on this Dragonfly - the mass of grass behind it stopped both of our cameras from getting anything more than a complete blur where the Dragonfly was sitting. Eventually managed a few shots that were sharp - and then I discovered at home that this male had part of a wing missing, ha. Photographed at the end of our day of botanizing north of Calgary, at the Medicine River Wildlife Centre. Thank you so much, Carol and Judy, for allowing us to botanize an area where the public is not allowed to go - we feel very privileged and appreciate it greatly. Judy, thanks so much for coming with us for the day and showing us all sorts of neat things. I hope the baby Catbird was eventually united with another Catbird family : ) www.medicineriverwildlifecentre.ca/ Yay, I am finally working on the pages of the list of sentimental items (left to me by my parents and very recently, my brother) that are on their way from England to Canada. I have to type in a value for each of the 400+ items. I can see I will have to do a lot of juggling of amounts to fit the final total that has already been declared. Most of the items have no value at all, except for sentimental value. I am expecting to be contacted by Customs before too long, so I have no choice but to get this list done and gather together all the other forms and papers that I will need to take to their office. Anyone would think I'm trying to smuggle illegal "stuff" into the country, ha, ha!

It's about time I saw a dragonfly, lol! I saw this female Cherry-faced Meadowhawk when I was on a walk at Shannon Terrrace, Fish Creek Park, high up on the main path on the southern slope. Photographed on July 4th.

A little Cherry-faced Meadowhawk female that landed on friend Doug's hand when we were on a walk at Griffith Woods about a year and a half ago.

This Dragonfly looked different (more brown than green, certainly from this angle), but I believe it is a female Cherry-faced Meadowhawk. Found at Griffith Woods, off Highway 6 in the city.

This is a female Cherry-faced Meadowhawk, seen in Weaselhead Natural Area a couple of days ago. Unlike last summer, I have seen so few Dragonflies this year, so this is one of only several photos that I've managed to take.

This male Cherry-faced Meadowhawk landed for a moment on a Variegated Rush in Weaselhead yesterday afternoon. I now am able to sharpen a photo if it needs it (and if I have time or can be bothered) - and, oops, I think I overdid it, LOL. Too hot and tired to redo.

It's just about the end of the dragonfly season, but I know many of us have thoroughly enjoyed capturing so many of these with our cameras. This is a female of the species.

A photo from a few weeks ago of a Cherry-faced Meadowhawk visiting my garden.

Yet another photo of a dragonfly, a Cherry-faced Meadowhawk, seen in Shaw's Meadow, Fish Creek Park. They land on the evergreen trees there, which is different. Normally, I see these insects land on plants.

Yes, another dragonly photo, taken a couple of days ago in Fish Creek Park, Shaw's Meadow. Not sure what dead plant it is perched on, but I thought it made a difference from the more usual flower.

This is the female of the bright red Cherry-faced Meadowhawk. Saw it (and many others) on a walk in Fish Creek Park yesterday.

This colourful dragonfly visited my garden a few days ago. No dragonflies today, though, as it was cold and wet.

Three days ago, on a walk at the Erlton/Roxborough Natural Area, I saw this Cherry-faced Meadowhawk land on a closed Goat's-beard flower. A naturalist states that "This is the richest botanical area in the city, with over 380 species on about 3 hectares of land. However, 80 non-native species are now dominating the area."

Saw this bright red Dragonfly on a walk in Weaselhead yesterday. Even better than this was the Police Car Moth I saw.

There were lots of dragonflies on our walk at Griffith Woods this morning. These small, yellow ones are the females and the males are bright, cherry red. There are SO many dragonflies everywhere this summer.