Quite Fascinating

taken:
day thirty
07.20.2011

It's a busy time of year for dragonflies. They seem to be everywhere. Zipping through the sky, perched high in tree branches, hovering over tall grasses or resting on garden plants. I don't know much about these little guys but as I've watched them closely the past couple of days they are quite fascinating. I've noticed that some of them will stay in the same spot for a few minutes. Then fly and loop around and land right back in the same spot. They will do this over and over again. Another thing I noticed is that they move their heads kind of robotically. It's almost creepy. It's as if their heads aren't attached to their bodies, like they have bobble heads. Interesting creatures! I'd like to learn more about them.

This dragonfly landed on one of my hosta plants. Out of the whole group of hostas it chose the one and only leaf that was in the last beam of evening sunlight.