Good question, I don't know the answer. perhaps you'll tell us when you've tried it.

You'll need a flash meter to measure the flash output.

1: Make sure you have firmware version 1.30. Wireless flash control was not implemented in V1.00 of the firmware.
2: Go through the menu system and set the wireless mode of the onboard flash to Controller, not Master. Master = onboard contributes light to the scene, Controller = Onboard flash used only to control slaves.
3: Use Fn button to select wireless flash mode.
4: Turn camera and flash off, mount flash to camera, turn both on, then off again. This is necessary to synchronize the flash communication channel between the two items. There are 2 channels.
5: Set your flash to wireless slave, and your good to go.

Be warned: A very small amount of light from the onboard will illuminate your subject. Not much, but some. Test it in a mirror.

NOTE: I don't think you'll find anything about wireless flash in your paper manual. You could download the latest PDF manual, it may have been updated but I haven't checked. The wireless flash instructions were released with the appropriate firmware, version 1.10 I think.

A number of film cameras also have wireless flash capability. The ones I know of are MZ-6, MZ-S, & *ist.

You are quite correct of course. Having looked more closely at the example of the Female Hairy in my book, it lacks the black markings on the wing tips. But I have to say, they do look very similar apart from that. Even the male is blue and black, as per the Black Tailed Skimmer.

Thanks for the book ref. but do I really need it . . . when I've got you to provide my ID's

You're right there.

We have almost no deciduous trees here, all conifers of one kind or another. Plenty of citrus trees, vines, and almond trees though, but they tend to be artificially watered to keep them green and productive.

The birds around here are not shot in the spring either, the Sierra Espuna is a nationional park protected from those exploits.

Your images reminded me very much of our family summer holidays in Dumfries and Galloway which we likened to Cornwall, without the tourists. In fact, we were very tempted by a couple of very nice properties around there.

If we had bought at that time, we would still be in Spain by now though, arthritis is worsened by cold & wet weather and both my wife and I suffer with it. We do get snow here in the winter, but that's a mile above us at the top of the mountain.

Lovely set of images George. I'd forgotten how green UK can be.

JohnMcD has a FA 100mm Macro available. It'll work with the alleged FF bodies coming soon too.

I will bow to your immensely superior knowledge Dan. The female hairy was the closest I could find in my book. It is hairy though.

During the summer we've had a lot of birdlife around here. Mostly Swallows, Martins, & Swifts (great for keeping the fly population under control) but many of those have now departed. We have Bea-eaters and the odd Hoopoe too.

I saw no birds on our 2.5 Hr walk. Heard a bird of prey of some sort, but I couldn't identify it on sound alone.

We have plenty of red squirrels around though.

Pixmania often supply Pentax gear with foreign (French ususally) manuals.