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Dragonfly
I recently encountered this dragonfly in The Boyfriend’s back yard. Based on my extensive research (two Wikipedia articles and a Google image search), I think it might be a male Azure Hawker. I say “might” because I’m not clear if Azure Hawkers are found only in Scotland, or if Scotland is the only place in the UK that they’re found.
Either way, let’s call this dragonfly A-Hawk.
A-Hawk circled the same small area in the yard for quite a while, and got rather close to me. Flying directly overhead, silhouetted against a bright blue sky, his wings appeared to be made of the finest copper filament as the sun filtered through them.
A-Hawk perched on a branch, basked in the sun, and allowed me to take a bunch of pictures.
I’ve never gotten so close to a dragonfly before. It was so cool!
