Dragonflies and meadow flowers at Howell Wetlands.....

I'm getting behind with posting stuff!  I'll interrupt my vacation posts to post stuff I saw today at Howell Wetlands.  I was hoping for butterflies, but didn't see many.  However, the dragonflies were plentiful along with other stuff I liked.

My only good bird shot of the day.  A Mockingbird...I think a young one.  We saw a Kingfisher, but it was too far away for good photos and also Kingbirds, Cardinals, sparrows, etc.

There were lots of these Hibiscus (?) around the ponds/marsh areas.  Very pretty!

I really like this darker pink color.

A lighter pink with a dark center.

Queen Anne's Lace

A grasshopper on the path....lots of those!  Every step you take you stir up one or two.

Asters with bug

Lots of kinds of yellow flowers in the meadow.  The butterflies and Goldfinches love it here.

An Eastern Pondhawk female on the path.

.....and an Eastern Pondhawk male came to land beside her.

Another Eastern Pondhawk male.  I love how it was hanging.

These yellow flowers cover the low water areas of the marsh. 

Morning Glory

The Blue Dasher male doing a "hand stand" for me.

This one wasn't as receptive to photos, but I liked the shot anyway.

I never know the name of these flowers....need to look it up. (I think I found a name...Button Snakeroot)

The Amberwing.....very small and likes to buzz the pond constantly.

Such an odd angle it is hard to tell, but I'm pretty sure this is a Widow Skimmer female, better seen below.

Widow Skimmer female.

A couple turtles out in the sun.

I only spotted this little frog because he jumped while I was looking at the duckweed he is hiding in.

Just liked this leaf on the duckweed covered log.

This is on our pond at home....a Slaty Skimmer.

Same one....Slaty Skimmer. 

Yesterday I was taking butterfly photos and still have to post those!  Also have more vacation.  Will catch up eventually....maybe!  I guess I would rather have too many things to take photos of then nothing of interest.