At Last

At last yesterday I saw this lovely eastern tiger swallowtail.

Today there were at least three in the meadow-wetland.  Here is one on pickerel weed.

At last the sourwood is blooming and the bees have found it.

These little sachems should be abundant.

There are many damselflies, but they are not easy to photograph.  Here is a pretty bluet.

Spot something dark on the clover, and it is probably a duskywing.

Thought for sure I had spotted a new species, but this is a female blue dasher.  Those are the little blue dragonflies that you might see in the waterfall garden on your way to fitness.

And this is an immature blue dasher.

This is a new dragonfly, a spot-winged glider.  The 21st that I have identified at Foulkeways.

This spot-winged glider makes nine species seen this year.