Along woodland edges, openings and seepages . This large dragonfly was perched in a dogwood tree right above a wet ditch or perhaps some seepage.
Seepage is where they hang out waiting for females.
Females have a very long petal like terminal abdominal appendages which makes for easy IDs in the field. After I took this photo it gently eased up and grabbed a small red wasp and landed on a tree and quickly ate it. I took a stick and removed him and attempted to place him on a lower perch, but just before I did it flew off. All images are copyright of Randy Emmitt.