6.27.25 McKinley Park, Chicago, IL

 We saw at least seven species of dragonfly today! Plus at least one species of damselfly. Here's the list:

Red Saddlebags, Black Saddlebags, Widow Skimmer, Common Whitetail, Blue Dasher, Unicorn Clubtail, Eastern Amberwing. While I might've seen some Common Green Darners, I didn't get any photos so the could've been Blue Dashers.

Red Saddlebags

 

Red Saddlebags Mating

Red Saddlebags pair (the female is brown and in focus while the male is a red blur

Unicorn Clubtail

Widow Skimmer

Eastern Amberwing

Blue Dasher

Blue Dasher in flight

Blue Dasher

Common Whitetail

Common Whitetail and Red Saddlebags (blur)

Mating Black Saddlebags

Black Saddlebags and reflection

Mating Black Saddlebags

Black Saddlebags pair

Widow Skimmer

Eastern Amberwings

American Snout (butterfly)

Blue check, crested blue bar, and blue t-check (rock pigeon plumages)

Brown T-check, blu x brown check, piebald blue bar, two blue checks, blue bar, and blue check.

(red line) four blue bars, dilute ash-red bar, blue check, blue x blue t-check, blue check, and two blue bars
(blue line) blue bar, blue t-check, blue check,, blue x brown t-check, blue check, blue bar, blue t-check
(green line) two blue checks, blue bar, piebald blue bar, blue bar
(black line) blue t-check, blue bar, blue t-check, ash-red bar, three blue bars, ash-red bar
(white line) Two blue bars, blue t-check, blue check, two ash-red bars.
(unmarked) Ash-red t-check

Pigeons foraging

Pigeon flock

Landing

Another flock coming in