My odeing has been fairly limited recently, although I did spend time trying, and failing, to get shots of an emerald species in the yard recently. It looked like a Clamp-tipped but never settled quite long enough to be sure, it was in a gusty breeze which might have put it off trying to hang on to a lively twig. One species that did show was Autumn Meadowhawk. The one in the shots was my first of the year, I’m not sure of the regular dates here in Nova Scotia but in Quebec I started seeing my first of the year in August, not really autumn.
This one is a female and they are delightfully easy to identify. The legs are yellow, or yellowish, so there is your first clue and they have the upside down sharks fin at the end of the thorax, the only meadowhawk that shows this. They also tend to be a lot tamer than other meadowhawks, even I could have caught this one had I so desired.
Eastern Canada Odes 