Monday in Nature June 20, 2016

<p>From an outing a week or so ago, this guy was kind enough to pose for me.</p>

<p><a title="DragonFly_2" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/outwithmycamera13/27529602531/in/dateposted-public/" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7514/27529602531_e17597fe4d_z.jpg" alt="DragonFly_2" width="640" height="640" /></a></p>

<p>Intend to rip to Jellowstone later this year. Went there in '81 and it was -40F and the chill factor -80F...I was on the way to E. Coast. Decided to slide through to Bozeman and appx month later I returned. Subsequently, went back in 1998, This time I'll stay longer. Eventually I'll find the slides from '81.</p>

<p>I've tried to scan this slide....first time it was a complete mega failure. The slide projector was pulsating light (yuck), so I went to plan B. This this could be improved upon as well. </p>

<p>Les</p>

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<p><strong>Big White-tail Buck In Velvet</strong></p>

<p><a title="Promising Buck" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7397/27442605340_9de06ee841_c.jpg" alt="Promising Buck" width="800" height="640" /></a></p>

<p>Great images this week. I am posting bit late though. These are New Zealand Ganets.</p><div></div>

<p>Second image</p><div></div>

<p>Ebony jewelwing damselfly. This is a male based on the lack of white spots on the wings. Christopher, I believe your photo is a girl not a guy.<br>

<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/216/Insects/i-SW98M4x/0/700x700/20160618-IMG_0417-700x700.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<strong>Canon XSi, Tamron 70-300 vc</strong></p>

<p>Bomber beefly aka <em>Heterostylum robustum</em> sipping a drink from wet sand at the shoreline of Big Bear Lake -</p><div></div>

<p><img src="/photo/18248989" alt="" />Coconuts in Grenada (Caribbean) - sony point and shoot.</p><div></div>

<p>Douglas Herr,</p>

<p>That's quite a find! What a lovely rare woodpecker to get a nice image of.</p>

From last year<div></div>

<p>Nilantha, welcome to MiN. The gannets are lovely birds. Unlike other weekly threads, we only post one image here. Don't worry about the day, you're not too late at all. You'll find you are in good company with many bird photographers and images each week.</p>

<p>Fuji X-T10, 18-55 mm</p>

<p>@ Andrew Gosden, thanks for the ID both to gender and suborder! </p>

<p>Kemal Riza, welcome to MiN. We love flowers, and your post is lovely.</p>