dragonfly in birdbathA dear friend sent these photographs and the story of an incident in his garden. This dragonfly was in distress and possibly dead. I'll let him tell the story from here.
"I was in the kitchen this morning fixing my Dear Wife's lunch when she came in and said there was a dragonfly in the birdbath. I went out and looked and sure enough, it looked expired, resting its head on a floating leaf like a pillow. A little later, as I was walking the dog, I wondered why I didn't take some pictures of the poor little thing.
"When we got home I grabbed the camera and dashed out there and lo and behold! -- there it was fluttering around, still in the water, but happily, not dead. While I snapped the pictures, my Dear Wife fetched me the large plastic spatula and I lifted it out of the water to a nice perch in the quince tree nearby."
"It began to flex its wings back and forth, presumably to dry them. When I came out later it was gone. I looked on the ground and didn't see it, so I'll wish it flew off and didn't fall victim to a passing robin or starling.
"Maybe it was just hungover. There was a party up the street the night before and perhaps it ate too many mosquitoes that had bitten the heavy drinkers. (Oh, man! I woke up face down in a birdbath this morning and have NO idea how I got there!)"
He added that his "next camera will have a really nice macro lens," so he can take better closeups.
It was a happy ending just the same. I love these kind of stories, and I'm so glad he rescued it! When I see a dragonfly buzzing around my lawn and garden, I will always think of the one who almost didn't make it -- but did, thanks to the kindness of humans who love them.
For more information: Wiki description of dragonflies, dragonfly symbolism, how to make a dragonfly garden, American Robin, European Starling, birdbaths, quince.
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