{"id":5823,"date":"2018-05-24T09:01:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T09:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=5823"},"modified":"2018-05-24T09:32:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T09:32:09","slug":"stourhead-sparkling-with-dragonflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/24\/stourhead-sparkling-with-dragonflies\/","title":{"rendered":"Stourhead, Sparkling with Dragonflies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5824\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5824\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2464-Stourheads-Bristol-High-Cross.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5824 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2464-Stourheads-Bristol-High-Cross-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2464-Stourheads-Bristol-High-Cross-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2464-Stourheads-Bristol-High-Cross-114x150.jpg 114w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2464-Stourheads-Bristol-High-Cross-768x1010.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2464-Stourheads-Bristol-High-Cross-778x1024.jpg 778w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2464-Stourheads-Bristol-High-Cross.jpg 906w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stourhead&#8217;s cross, bridge, lake, and temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5825\" style=\"width: 187px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2470-Cardinal-Beetle-at-Stourhead.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5825\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2470-Cardinal-Beetle-at-Stourhead-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2470-Cardinal-Beetle-at-Stourhead-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2470-Cardinal-Beetle-at-Stourhead-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2470-Cardinal-Beetle-at-Stourhead-768x1233.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2470-Cardinal-Beetle-at-Stourhead-638x1024.jpg 638w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2470-Cardinal-Beetle-at-Stourhead.jpg 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cardinal Beetle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5827\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5827\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5827 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2477-Hornetlike-Female-Broad-Bodied-Chaser-in-oviposition-flight-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2477-Hornetlike-Female-Broad-Bodied-Chaser-in-oviposition-flight-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2477-Hornetlike-Female-Broad-Bodied-Chaser-in-oviposition-flight-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2477-Hornetlike-Female-Broad-Bodied-Chaser-in-oviposition-flight-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2477-Hornetlike-Female-Broad-Bodied-Chaser-in-oviposition-flight.jpg 982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hornet-like Female Broad-Bodied Chaser in oviposition flight (is she a Batesian mimic? &#8211; Looks like it, specially when she dashes about, wasplike)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5829\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5829\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2483-Jenny-drawing-rhodo-with-buttercups-and-mallards.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5829\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2483-Jenny-drawing-rhodo-with-buttercups-and-mallards-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2483-Jenny-drawing-rhodo-with-buttercups-and-mallards-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2483-Jenny-drawing-rhodo-with-buttercups-and-mallards-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2483-Jenny-drawing-rhodo-with-buttercups-and-mallards-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2483-Jenny-drawing-rhodo-with-buttercups-and-mallards-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2483-Jenny-drawing-rhodo-with-buttercups-and-mallards.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenny drawing rhododendron flower, with buttercups and mallards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5831\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2491-Male-Broad-Bodied-Chaser-perched-among-Speedwells-at-Stourhead.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5831\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2491-Male-Broad-Bodied-Chaser-perched-among-Speedwells-at-Stourhead-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2491-Male-Broad-Bodied-Chaser-perched-among-Speedwells-at-Stourhead-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2491-Male-Broad-Bodied-Chaser-perched-among-Speedwells-at-Stourhead-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2491-Male-Broad-Bodied-Chaser-perched-among-Speedwells-at-Stourhead-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2491-Male-Broad-Bodied-Chaser-perched-among-Speedwells-at-Stourhead-1024x794.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2491-Male-Broad-Bodied-Chaser-perched-among-Speedwells-at-Stourhead.jpg 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Male Broad-Bodied Chaser perched among Speedwells (this was the only moment they weren&#8217;t dashing across the lake, fighting, or trying to grab the females)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5833\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5833\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2509-Coot-parents-and-Cootlings.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5833\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2509-Coot-parents-and-Cootlings-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2509-Coot-parents-and-Cootlings-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2509-Coot-parents-and-Cootlings-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2509-Coot-parents-and-Cootlings-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2509-Coot-parents-and-Cootlings-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2509-Coot-parents-and-Cootlings.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coot parents and Cootlings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5835\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5835\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2467-Stourhead-Redwood-and-Rhododendrons.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5835\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2467-Stourhead-Redwood-and-Rhododendrons-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2467-Stourhead-Redwood-and-Rhododendrons-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2467-Stourhead-Redwood-and-Rhododendrons-114x150.jpg 114w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2467-Stourhead-Redwood-and-Rhododendrons-768x1008.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2467-Stourhead-Redwood-and-Rhododendrons-780x1024.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCN2467-Stourhead-Redwood-and-Rhododendrons.jpg 995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Redwood with Red and Yellow Rhododendrons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5839\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5839\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ian-at-Stourhead.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5839\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ian-at-Stourhead-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ian-at-Stourhead-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ian-at-Stourhead-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ian-at-Stourhead-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ian-at-Stourhead-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ian-at-Stourhead.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Stourhead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,239],"tags":[322,1262,1263,1264,1265,1261],"class_list":["post-5823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening","category-love-of-nature","tag-broad-bodied-chaser","tag-cardinal-beetle","tag-cootlings","tag-redwood","tag-rhododendrons","tag-stourhead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5823"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5844,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions\/5844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}