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The Binocular Advisornone

This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

July 2, 2010
Near the pond at Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

I couldn't believe I was seeing such bright red stigmas in this Halloween Pennant dragonfly. But males sometimes have them, as my field guide to dragonflies assures me. The females are paler.

Young Barn Swallow
Photos copyright 2010 Michael and Diane Porter

—Diane Porter

Outside Grid

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Dragonflies
Through
Binoculars

Dragonfly BookA Field and Finding Guide to Dragonflies of North America.

This book helps to identify the 300-plus species of dragonflies found in the United States and Canada.

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And for a closer look at dragonflies...

If your interest in dragonflies is serious, you might want to get some nice binoculars. Like a Vortex Diamondback.

Vortex DiamondbackIt has good optical quality. And its unusually wide field of view makes it easy to keep a darting dragonfly in sight. And because it focuses as close as 4-1/2 feet, you can study the details up close.

It comes in several sizes. We recommend the 8x42 model.

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