Photos
female American Avocet
There were 2 AMAVs blown up to New England by a passing tropical storm. The other was a male, which had been observed at Salisbury Beach SP, just across the state line.
This AMAV was not bothered by photographers, and worked her way back and forth across the near shore, coming as close as 4 feet from this photographer. Her interest was in foraging for food; she rarely lifted her gaze from the water.
March 10, Yankee Fisherman's Coop parking lot, Seabrook Harbor, NH
This individual was present for several days. It was domineered by the Ring-billed and Herring Gulls at the parking lot.
March 10, Odiorne Point State Park, NH
One of two SNBU observed foraging along the grassy margin of the cobble beach.
Ruddy Duck (male)
10 March 2012
Odiorne Point, near Portsmouth NH
Observed at the north end of the park, in Portsmouth harbor
Male foraging for insects amongst the stranded seaweed on the cobble shore. This bird overwintered (2011-2012) at Odiorne Point State Park, providing a longterm opportunity for birders across the region.
He initially was taking shelter in a small cave of boulders, but was later frequenting a lobster trap. He was keeping company with a Song Sparrow, who fed and sheltered in the same vicinity. Enthusiasts eventually gathered other lobster traps from the beach, providing the warbler with an expansive and secure shelter for the winter. This photo shows the CMWA at one of his frequent perches -- the 'front entrance' if you please.
I returned to observe this bird 3 times over that winter.
RTLO are commonly seen in the Seabrook Harbor channel, but this one was close to shore off of Little Boars Head.
Several white, tubular chambers stacked like cord wood and affixed to a stem of my Aronia shrub. Opening up one of the chambers, I could see a gray, larval body. What are these?
Scarlet Bluet
Enallagma pictum
pair in tandem
Raymond Township,
Rockingham Co., New Hampshire,
28 June 2010
N43.00954 W071.25327 105m
Sweetflag Spreadwing
Lestes forcipatus
pair in tandem
Chester Township
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
1 August 2009
3 shots posted
Spangled Skimmer
Libellula cyanea
male
Fremont Township,
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
1 August 2009
Slaty Skimmer
Libellula incesta
male
Spruce Lakes
Auburn Township
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
1 August 2009
Shadow Darner
Aeshna umbrosa
male
near Salem,
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
2 August 2009
Posed Photo
Scarlet Bluet
Enallagma pictum
male
Raymond Township,
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
1 August 2009
two shots posted
Northern Spreadwing
Lestes disjunctus
male
Chester Township
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
1 August 2009
Mottled Darner
Aeshna clepsydra
teneral - just after emerging from exuviae;
has a damaged wing.
Chester Township
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
1 August 2009
Mottled Darner
Aeshna clepsydra
male
hand held photo
just south of Kingston,
Rockingham Co., New Hampshire
30 July 2009
Green-striped Darner
Aeshna verticalis
male
near Salem,
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
2 August 2009
Posed Photo
Frosted Whiteface
Leucorrhinia frigida
male
Chester Township
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
1 August 2009
two shots posted
Fragile Forktail
Ischnura posita
male
Chester Township
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
1 August 2009
Fragile Forktail
Ischnura posita
male
near Salem,
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
31 July 2009
Familiar Bluet
Enallagma civile
young male
near Salem,
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
31 July 2009
Eastern Pondhawk
Erythemis simplicicollis
young male
Fremont Township,
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
1 August 2009
Eastern Forktail
Ischnura verticalis
female - with prey item
near Salem,
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
31 July 2009
Coppery Emerald
Somatochlora georgiana
female
hand-held photo
just south of Kingston,
Rockingham Co., New Hampshire
30 July 2009
2 shots posted, female and male
Clamp-tipped Emerald
Somatochlora tenebrosa
female
near Salem,
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
2 August 2009
Posed Photo
two shots posted
Blue Dasher
Pachydiplax longipennis
male
Fremont Township,
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
1 August 2009
Black-tipped Darner
Aeshna tuberculifera
female
near Salem,
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
2 August 2009
Posed Photo
Black-tipped Darner
Aeshna tuberculifera
female
Spruce Lakes
Auburn Township
Rockingham Co.,
New Hampshire
1 August 2009
Seaside Dragonlet; Erythrodiplax berenice
Worthley Ave
First pond on right
Seabrook, NH
Citrine ForkTail; Ischnura hastata
Marsh behind Home Depot
Gretchen St.
Seabrook, NH
Needham's Skimmer; Libellula needhami
Worthley Ave
First pond on right
Seabrook, NH
Spangled Skimmer; Libellula cyanea
Worthley Ave
First pond on right
Seabrook, NH
Sedge Sprite
Nehalennia irene
Seabrook, NH
Azure Bluet
Enallagma aspersum
Seabrook, NH
Widow Skimmer
Libellula luctuosa
Seabrook, NH
Variable Dancer
Argia fumipennis
Seabrook, NH
in tandem
