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Red-veined Darter - Sympetrum fonscolombii
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aeshna



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Spent all day at Middleton 14.07.06 trying to get some decent shots of Red-veined Darter. They are so hard to approach being very skittish, probably managed 3 quality shots!!! it doesn't help they always try and land on the weakest stem of grass, so seem to spend ages going round and round before finding a perch.
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JM
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Sat July 15, 2006 5:52pm

I have never seen one of of these on my local patch! Nice shot!

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Sat July 15, 2006 5:59pm

Excellent shot, shows the detail really well. I had real trouble trying to capture an image of one of these.(Failed miserably!)

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Sun July 16, 2006 1:57am

Very nice - never seen one of these.

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aeshna
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Wed July 19, 2006 11:32am


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Originally Posted by JM


I have never seen one of of these on my local patch! Nice shot!

Hi JM,



the beauty of this species is it can turn up anywhere in the country, good hunting



Cheers



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Wed July 19, 2006 11:34am


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Originally Posted by glsammy


Excellent shot, shows the detail really well. I had real trouble trying to capture an image of one of these.(Failed miserably!)

Hi Glsammy,



I've had real trouble as well My best shots seem to come at the end of the day when its cooling down and they aren't as flighty (but they're still hard work )



Cheers



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Wed July 19, 2006 11:35am


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Originally Posted by Newhythebirder


Very nice - never seen one of these.

Hi Newhythebirder,



like i said earlier they can turn up any where, i've been lucky enough to find them twice at previously undiscovered locations and they are now breeding in this country.



Good luck



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Sat July 22, 2006 3:30pm


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Originally Posted by aeshna


Hi Glsammy,



I've had real trouble as well My best shots seem to come at the end of the day when its cooling down and they aren't as flighty (but they're still hard work )



Cheers



Aeshna

Hi,

My problem was getting the camera to focus! I only managed two shots before it flew away, focus missed on both of them!

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