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Mousetoescamper

(6,691 posts) Tue Aug 26, 2025, 05:30 PM Aug 26

Here Be Dragons!

I took these this morning at Long's Park, Lancaster, PA.

Female eastern pondhawk

Male eastern pondhawk

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Here Be Dragons! (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Aug 26 OP

Brilliant! BarbD Aug 26 #1

Thanks, BarbD! Mousetoescamper Aug 26 #6

Great photos,beautiful color Walleye Aug 26 #2

Thanks, Walleye! Mousetoescamper Aug 26 #7

Your close-up shots are amazing! brer cat Aug 26 #3

Thanks, brer cat! Mousetoescamper Aug 26 #8

Very nice Mousetoescamper! Identification's a bonus! Thanks!! George McGovern Aug 26 #4

Thanks and you're welcome, George McGovern! Mousetoescamper Aug 26 #9

Beautiful captures! HAB911 Aug 26 #5

Thanks, HAB911! Mousetoescamper Aug 26 #10

Great photos, and I love your post title! And these are real dragons! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 26 #11

Thanks, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Aug 26 #13

Wow, beautiful shots! Diamond_Dog Aug 26 #12

Thanks, Diamond_Dog! Mousetoescamper Aug 26 #14

BarbD

(1,336 posts)

1. Brilliant!

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 05:32 PM

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Mousetoescamper

(6,691 posts)

6. Thanks, BarbD!

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:26 PM

Aug 26

Walleye

(42,471 posts)

2. Great photos,beautiful color

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 05:42 PM

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Mousetoescamper

(6,691 posts)

7. Thanks, Walleye!

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:27 PM

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brer cat

(27,113 posts)

3. Your close-up shots are amazing!

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 05:53 PM

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Mousetoescamper

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8. Thanks, brer cat!

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:28 PM

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George McGovern

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4. Very nice Mousetoescamper! Identification's a bonus! Thanks!!

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:08 PM

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Mousetoescamper

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9. Thanks and you're welcome, George McGovern!

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:29 PM

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HAB911

(9,829 posts)

5. Beautiful captures!

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:15 PM

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I love those guys!

Mousetoescamper

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10. Thanks, HAB911!

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #5)

Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:36 PM

Aug 26

I also got some shots of blue dashers and saw one red saddlebags, but it never came close or landed.

CaliforniaPeggy

(155,126 posts)

11. Great photos, and I love your post title! And these are real dragons!

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:47 PM

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Mousetoescamper

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13. Thanks, Peggy!

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 09:25 PM

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Diamond_Dog

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12. Wow, beautiful shots!

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 08:36 PM

Aug 26

The detail and the color are just amazing!

Mousetoescamper

(6,691 posts)

14. Thanks, Diamond_Dog!

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 10:20 PM

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