The Dragonfly Whisperer

We've all heard of the Great Blue Heron. Well, there's a "great blue" in the dragonfly world as well—the Great Blue Skimme...

Betsy and I went to Cranberry Lake here in Anacortes for our first visit of the 2018 dragonfly season. The activity was intense, with lots o...

Note : Over the years, this post from September 4, 2013 has been one of the most popular on the blog. I thought I would re-post it so more p...

I recently had a request from a da Vinci/dragonfly enthusiast to use the Vitruvian Dragonfly, shown below, for a tattoo. Here's the ...

Here's the post where I introduced Roseate Bay. Another place we like at the Gilbert Water Ranch is what we call Roseate Bay, so na...

There's one spot at the Gilbert Water Ranch that we refer to as "Roseate Bay" because we often see Roseate Skimmers there. Tod...

The Desert Firetail is a small delicate damselfly that likes to lay eggs on floating vegetation, like lily pads or algae. The male's abd...