This Morning Outside
by Diane Porter
August 5, 2011
Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa
What a delight for Black Saddlebags to perch in the wild field and wait patiently for me to take a picture! I love the blues and purples of his abdomen, like velvet medieval draperies. Are the yellow patches lamplight shining from within?
And how did he happen choose to wear a pink fur ruff around his raspberry-and-plums head?
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Photo copyright 2011 Michael and Diane Porter
—Diane Porter
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