Summer Morning at Delaware Water Gap
Kittatinny Point Visitor Center
July 2021
On a steamy July morning fog lingered on the peaks of Mt Tammany and Mt Minsi.
Summer Morning at Delaware Water Gap
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Peck’s Skipper on Joe Pye Weed in Rockaway Twp NJ
Peck’s Skipper on Joe Pye Weed
Lake Ames
Rockaway Twp, NJ
August 2021
More info on Peck’s Skipper – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polites_peckius
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in Chester Twp NJ
Tiger Swallowtail on Joe-pye Weed
Elizabeth D. Kay Environmental Center
August 2021
Learn more about Joe-pye Weed – https://www.thespruce.com/joe-pye-weed-eupatorium-purpureum-1402848
Visit the Kay Environmental Center – https://www.morrisparks.net/index.php/parks/elizabeth-d-kay-environmental-center/
Common Wood Nymph butterfly in NJ
Common Wood Nymph butterfly
Elizabeth D Kay Environmental Center
Chester Twp NJ
August 2021
My experience with Common Wood Nymphs is that they are rarely approachable and flighty. This individual an exception as I was able to get quite close for photographs.
More info on the Common Wood Nymph – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_wood-nymph
Visit the Elizabeth D Kay Environmental Center – https://www.morrisparks.net/index.php/parks/elizabeth-d-kay-environmental-center/
Eastern Amberwing dragonfly in Chester NJ
Eastern Amberwing in Obelisk Position
Chester, New Jersey
July 2021
How do dragonflies prevent overheating you asked? Here is that answer – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk_posture
Canon EF-M 11-22mm + EOS-M5 mirrorless camera
Black Swallowtail on Thistle at Bamber Lake
Black Swallowtail on Thistle
Ocean County NJ
August 2021
This photo was taken in the Bamber Lake vicinity. I find Black Swallowtails difficult to photograph because they have rarely landed on nice perches for me and they also have an incredibly fast wingbeat.
Canon SL2 + Tamron 100-400mm VC lens
Painted Turtles at The Celery Farm Nature Preserve
Painted Turtles
Celery Farm Nature Preserve
Allendale New Jersey
August 2021
Visit The Celery Farm – https://www.fykenature.org/celeryfarm.php
American Lady on Butterfly Bush at The Celery Farm Nature Preserve
American Lady on Butterfly Bush
Celery Farm Nature Preserve
Allendale, New Jersey
Preparation met opportunity when this American Lady butterfly allowed for wide angle imaging in front of a picturesque background.
Visit The Celery Farm – https://www.fykenature.org/celeryfarm.php
Canon 11-22mm EF-M + Canon M5
Elfin Skimmer in Ocean County NJ
Elfin Skimmer
Ocean County NJ
July 2021
I especially like the powdery blue appearance of these petite dragonflies, our smallest in the United States.
More info on the Elfin Skimmer – https://wiatri.net/inventory/odonata/speciesaccounts/SpeciesDetail.cfm?TaxaID=156
Banded Pennant at Double Trouble State Park
Banded Pennant
Double Trouble State Park
Ocean County NJ
July 2021
Learn more about the Banded Pennant – http://www.dragonfliesnva.com/My%20Documents/KevinPDF/pdf/identify/species/BandedPennant-FINAL.pdf
Dave Blinder Nature Photography 