It’s the time of the year when it’s wonderful to be out o the water. It’s warm, but with breezes it’s quite comfortable. I’ve been wanting badly to get out there, and I finally got the chance earlier this week. Besides being gorgeous out there, it was teeming with interesting wildlife. There were especially a lot of dragonflies flying, hunting, perching on the water vegetation, and any snags or driftwood they found. They were even hitching a ride on the nose of my kayak. Many of them were also breeding. There were quite a few different types including eastern pondhawks, eastern amberwings, and lots of these pretty little lily pad forktails (Ischnura kellicotti). They are actually a type of damselfly and as the name suggests they are strongly attracted to lily pads. They spend a great deal of time perched on the broad leaves, and they lay their eggs on the bottoms of those same leaves. Like many types of dragonfly and damselfly, the males and females look vastly different. The females, like this one, are a beautiful sunny yellow while the males are bright blue. Watching them come and go from the lily pads and seeing them flying about everywhere was quite an interesting experience.