There were a couple adult male Eastern Pondhawks out over the pond near the observation deck and they got into it a bit over territory. Unfortunately, I did not have the telephoto lens with me, so I had to make do with the macro lens from a distance. This male won the territory dispute. Better images can be found in yesterday's post in the Related Posts below.

Over at the creek attached to the other side of the pond, I was fortunate to sight this immature male Eastern Pondhawk, resting on a reed. He is in an inbetween state, just starting to get in the adult blue coloration on the abdomen, while the thorax still remains a bright beautiful green.

Also seen at the creek was this male Blue Dasher, a bit smaller than the pondhawks and the skimmers it kept company with.

Earlier last week, I spotted the female Blue Dasher in the backyard gardens, although I did not see any females at the pond or creek today. This pic was taken on July 10th in the gardens in the backyard.

I was fortunate to get a shot of the male Blue Dasher (right) on the same perch as a male Twelve-spotted Skimmer (left) at the creek.

I see the Twelve-spotted Skimmer quite frequently at the pond and it is often happy to perch for me for a photo. Today, there were several at the creek making mad paces back and forth along the creek's edge. This one did stop to get his picture taken.

This Unicorn Clubtail surprised me by taking a quick break from his patrol of the pond to stop on a branch sticking out of the water. Unfortunately, I could not get close enough to get a detailed picture and he was facing away from me on the observation deck and looking out toward the pond center. So this low resolution shot is the best I got. But it was good enough for a positive ID and you can even make out the tiny bump (horn) on the occiput (the area between the eyes on the top of the head) that gives the Unicorn Clubtail its name.

The Eastern Amberwings were out in numbers over at the pond near the observation deck. Unfortunately for me, they did not want to land today. They hovered around the pond's edge, but did not settle for a photo. Fortunately, in earlier days, they have been more accomodating. Shown here is a picture from June (shot date: 6/21/2020) of an Eastern Amberwing perched by the observation deck of the pond.

Also seen at the observation deck for the first time was this male Widow Skimmer. He chose to perch most frequently in the tall grass along the pond edge, making occasional flights out over the pond, then back again.