Those are the actual common names of the dragonflies. Dragonfly nomenclature is weird and wonderful.
Yes, that is just what goldfinches flying look like. The call mnemonic I use is from the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum; a few years back they had an installation with statues of common birds along with what their call sounds like, and that's what they chose for goldfinches.
I'm sorry to hear the peewees are getting rare, but glad they like the parks I frequent.
Horsemint flowers are stacked up vertically on the stalk, and because of the bracts, I think, they look a bit like a pile of disarranged caps from the 19th century.
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Date: 2016-08-02 04:09 pm (UTC)Yes, that is just what goldfinches flying look like. The call mnemonic I use is from the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum; a few years back they had an installation with statues of common birds along with what their call sounds like, and that's what they chose for goldfinches.
I'm sorry to hear the peewees are getting rare, but glad they like the parks I frequent.
Horsemint flowers are stacked up vertically on the stalk, and because of the bracts, I think, they look a bit like a pile of disarranged caps from the 19th century.
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