The following gallery shows my “Top Pix of 2019.” (See what I did there?) 28 photos are presented in chronological order beginning in February 2019 and ending in December 2019.
As you will see, I declare 2019 is/was unofficially “Year of the Gray Petaltail (T. thoreyi).”

01 FEB 2019 | Cordulegaster sp. larva (preserved specimen) | face

04 FEB 2019 | Common Sanddragon (P. obscurus) | exuvia (face)

18 FEB 2019 | “Generic Baskettail” larva (preserved specimen) | face

28 FEB 2019 | BoG Photo Studio | Valentines Day rose

16 APR 2019 | Northern Virginia | Uhler’s Sundragon (male)

22 APR 2019 | Patuxent Research Refuge | Harlequin Darner (female)

21 MAY 2019 | PNC. William County, VA | Arrowhead Spiketail (female)

21 MAY 2019 | PNC. William County, VA | Painted Skimmer (female)

21 MAY 2019 | PNC. William County, VA | Gray Petaltail (male)

21 MAY 2019 | PNC. William County, VA | Gray Petaltail (female)

29 MAY 2019 | PNC. William County, VA | Gray Petaltail (male)

14 JUN 2019 | PNC. William County, VA | Arrowhead Spiketail (female)

14 JUN 2019 | PNC. William County, VA | Gray Petaltail (male)

21 JUN 2019 | PNC. Wm. County, VA | Black-shouldered Spinyleg (female)

21 JUN 2019 | PNC. William County, VA | Common Sanddragon (male)

18 SEP 2019 | PNC. Wm. County | Fine-lined Emerald (male)

09 DEC 2019 | BoG Photo Studio | Common Green Darner | exuvia (face)

13 DEC 2019 | BoG PS | Common Green Darner | exuvia (anterior)

16 DEC 2019 | Richmond, VA | Spot-winged Glider | exuvia (face)

18 DEC 2019 | Richmond, VA | Spot-winged Glider | exuvia (dorsal)

20 DEC 2019 | Richmond, VA | Genus Celithemis | exuvia (face)

27 DEC 2019 | Richmond, VA | Genus Celithemis | exuvia (dorsal)
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Tags: retrospective
January 1, 2020 at 9:54 am |
Congratulations, Walter, on an impressive selection of images. I didn’t count, but I think I might have been present when you captured more than half of them. I know that I am always focused more on capturing the next shot that I sometimes forget the previous ones and a retrospective like this one serves as a good reminder of the body of work over a year (or at least the highlights).
January 2, 2020 at 4:03 am |
Thanks Mike! We were photowalking together when I shot 18 of the 28 photos, plus you collected one of the odonate exuviae that I photographed.