Plano Outdoor Learning Center / Bob Woodruff Park

August 29, 2009

Around 7 AM this morning I spotted a cormorant circling high overhead, near the lake in Bob Woodruff Park.After a while it landed on the lake near the fountain. The photo quality is poor, but note the white feathers forming a V behind the gape. Neotropic Cormorant
After fishing for a few minutes the cormorant took off. Neotropic Cormorant
This appears to be a Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus), a species I have not previously recorded at this park.Double-crested Cormorants winter here, but normally do not arrive before the end of September. Neotropic Cormorant
I believe this damselfly may be a Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii), female orange form. Rambur's Forktail
This damselfly may also be a Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii), female olive form. Rambur's Forktail
A beautiful Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) at Oak Point Nature Preserve. Halloween Pennant
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella) Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Desert Firetail  (Telebasis salva) Desert Firetail
Tall Blue Lettuce (Lactuca floridana) Tall Blue Lettuce
Tachinid Fly feeding on Virginia Knotweed (Polygonum virginianum) Tachinid Fly
Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius) male Clouded Skipper
Ivy-leaved Morning Glory (Ipomoea hederacea) Ivy-leaved Morning Glory
Yerba de Tajo, or False Daisy (Eclipta alba) Yerba de Tajo
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus oculatus) Eastern Eyed Click Beetle