So I saw this dragonfly and thought it was a juvenile Common Whitetail but then noted that the wing spots were wrong. Woo hoo! I thought. A little research later, I learned this was a female Common Whitetail and down the field a little ways was a juvenile male to compare her to.
I posted this picture about a week ago under the mistaken identification of Double-striped Bluet. My friend David Arbour recognized it instead as a Big Bluet. What is significant about that is there has never been a reported sighting of a Big Bluet in Arkansas. Thanks to David who sent the picture to several experts and submitted it to OdonataCentral, this picture has been accepted as the first state record for a Big Bluet damselfly in Arkansas.
Roseate Spoonbill seen today in water along side the road in Desha County Arkansas with Sam Dixon, Dottie Boyles, Doris Boyles, Cindy Franklin, Bill Burnham, Karen Holliday, and Justin Brand> Other cool birds seen – Glossy Ibis, White-faced Ibis, White Ibis, Wood Stork, Wilson’s Warbler.
