I thought the dragonflies died in winter
but reading that they migrate gives hope.
Their tiny transmitters tracked by airplane-bound humans
navigating Atlantic seaboard songbird flyways.
Though why they do remains a mystery.
in Writing the Day | by A Ronka Poetry Practice
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/cbc76223717381.56327aacd08e4.jpg)
Female
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/f3588f23717381.56327aa551342.jpg)
Male
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/c186bd23717381.56327a8d7ffea.jpg)
Dead end
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/fe0d9623717381.56327c0620975.jpg)
Ars Minimal I
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/10df0023717381.56327a632717e.jpg)
Cowebed
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/b380c823717381.56327acaca675.jpg)
Backlightned
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/92c17b23717381.56327c63b574e.jpg)
The Encounter
Male Sympetrum fonscolombii and a matting wheel of Ischnura graellsii
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/5d7e9723717381.56327aa26605a.jpg)
Lone male on patrol
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/ef408923717381.56327a23ed092.jpg)
In flight Tandem
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/30341b23717381.56327c4d4ccda.jpg)
Ars minimal II
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/e8941823717381.56327ab670830.jpg)
The last record before the winter chill I
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/270c4923717381.56327ae71f6d3.jpg)
The last record before the winter chill II
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/6434e023717381.56327ab6a356e.jpg)
Eye sightings I
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/ce35fe23717381.56327c6982dc5.jpg)
Eye sightings II
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/54097d23717381.56327a4b3a4af.jpg)
Matting wheel
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/11ca4b23717381.56327a6367ecf.jpg)
Morning glory
![dragonfly migration Nature](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/ffe42223717381.56327a4cd4e44.jpg)
Dragonfly and Sunset (in-camera double exposure)
Research
The short story of the migration of Sympetrum fonscolombii
The Red Vein Darter, and of its mysteries...
Captured in the wild during August-December in Portugal.
©2014
The short story of the migration of Sympetrum fonscolombii
The Red Vein Darter, and of its mysteries...
Captured in the wild during August-December in Portugal.
©2014