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Beautiful Halloween Pennant Dragonfly On Cape Cod!

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We were hiking along the Nauset Marsh Trail when we saw this flicker of something shining on one of the tall reeds by the side of the trail. It looked like a dragonfly so we clicked  away. (Click on blog link for other photo.)

It is a Halloween Pennant Dragonfly which is a brightly colored dragonfly that lives in the eastern United States. It gets its name from its orange colored wings which have dark brown bands marking them. It is often seen perched on tips of vegetation near the edges of a waterway, which is exactly where we saw it.

What an treat and a first for us! Have you ever seen a Halloween Pennant Dragonfly?

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Nauset Marsh On Cape Cod Is Always Beautiful!

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I love this view from Fort Hill looking out over Nauset Marsh. It doesn’t get much prettier. You can even see Coast Guard Station way in the distance.

How many  times have you sat on that bench and just looked out and said, “Ahhhh…”