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12th December 2012
"Bye-bye, Dragonfly" by coastandcactus

"Bye-bye, Dragonfly"

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A female Variegated Meadowhawk dragonfly is terminally stuck to the tongue of this ambitious juvenile male Vermilion Flycatcher.

Photographed in deep Southwest Texas.

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Cissy B.

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Skip Tribby ace
It almost looks like the dragonfly is opening the finch's mouth! Amazing capture Cissy!!
posted December 16th, 2012  
Lara Zinn ace
Amazing timing and capture... this is sooo good! Well done!
posted December 16th, 2012  
Cissy B.
@skipt07 Yes, I could also have titled it, "Open wide"! Thanks, as always, Skip for your kind remarks!
posted December 16th, 2012  
Shirley ace
Amazing - Fav
posted December 16th, 2012  
❀ Lynn ace
This is amazing. My husband sent me a power point of top wildlife photos...there was one in there of a bird catching a dragonfly....yours is better! Although...when viewed large...it doesn't yet look like the fate of the dragonfly was sealed! lol Total fav Cissy
posted December 16th, 2012  
Cissy B.
@shirleytemple @carrapeta00 Thank you! :-)
posted December 16th, 2012  
Tara ace
Wow - what an amazing capture!
posted December 16th, 2012  
Cissy B.
@lynnb Hey Lynn, I have another shot of only the tips of the tail and wing sticking out of the bird's mouth - it was a goner! Thank you so much for your nice comments, nice to know my shots rate well!
posted December 16th, 2012  
Aurora Linda ace
Wow ! I have never seen anything like this! fav
posted December 16th, 2012  
Ann H. LeFevre ace
This is absolutely amazing! To catch this at this exact moment takes such a huge amount of patience and skill!
posted December 16th, 2012  
Vee ace
Beautiful and amazing shot! I hope to see one of these birds one day!
posted December 17th, 2012  
Susan Pigott ace
Poor dragonfly. Great catch by you!
posted December 17th, 2012  
Amy Spada ace
An incredible moment captured... you sure know how to get it right!
posted December 17th, 2012  
PasadenaRose ace
Jaw-dropping capture!!
'Amazing' doesn't begin to describe it.
I know there are lizards with sticky tongues, but I had no idea about birds.
That is just wild...and a Fav of course.
posted December 17th, 2012  
Jane Pittenger ace
Fabulous. fav for sure
posted December 17th, 2012  
Chris
Oh, wow! FAntastic shot FAV!
posted December 17th, 2012  
bardejov ace
Incredible capture. Fav. Poor dragonfly has eye closed.
posted December 17th, 2012  
Janelle ace
Wow that is an amazing shot!! FAV!!
posted December 17th, 2012  
Muriel Scheurer
Definately amazing shot! Great timing but most of all great capture!
posted December 17th, 2012  
Jason Daniels ace
Wow! Fave!
posted December 17th, 2012  
juletee
Wow! Enough said. . .
posted December 17th, 2012  
Shelly ace
awesome shot!!
posted December 17th, 2012  
Rosie Kind ace
That is stunning and your timing was perfect! Fav
posted December 17th, 2012  
Brenda T. Schwartz ace
OMG! Fav!
posted December 18th, 2012  
Richard ace
OMG what a capture!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing
posted December 18th, 2012  
Bev ace
OMG... poor dragon fly! But great shot!
posted December 18th, 2012  
Karen Walters
What a brilliant shot... the angle especially... wow. Fav.
posted December 18th, 2012  
Kathryn Marshall
Fantastic shot! A fav
posted December 20th, 2012  
Vesna
Fav.
posted December 29th, 2012  
AnaZad ace
FAV.
posted December 30th, 2012  
Anne ace
Awesome fav
posted January 4th, 2013  
Pam Womack ace
HOLY COW, AMAZING SHOT! Fav for sure
posted January 6th, 2013  
Gary ace
Cough!!!!! Whoops, had a dragonfly caught in my throat! Great capture!!
posted January 8th, 2013  
Tami Skipper ace
Awesome shot! FAV!
posted January 12th, 2013  
Laura Thornton ace
Fav. I returned to say the same things I said when I petered out. How do you do this? It's a miracle!
posted January 19th, 2013  
Myrna O'Hara ace
Gosh, missed this one. Brilliant!! fav
posted January 20th, 2013  
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