I was out trimming the hedges this afternoon when this dragonfly (or dragonbird, in the Goldilocks vernacular where everything that flies is a bird) came to land on a shepherd’s crook nearby. The dragonflies always seem to perch high when they are searching for their food, and after they dive after a bug, they come back to the same place while their search continues. So it makes it easy to photograph them and try to get really close freaky shots of their eyes.
![Dragonfly close-up Dragonfly close-up](https://i0.wp.com/www.blog.catandturtle.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_7337.jpg?resize=500%2C0)
Dragonfly close-up
Dyeyo says that this guy looks just like a helicopter. He does, doesn’t he?