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I spent last weekend in Modoc County, seeing 40 species of odonates around Alturas, Goose Lake, and the north Warner Mountains. Highlights include apparent first county records of Hudsonian Whiteface and Grappletail, as well as Pacific Spiketail, Western River Cruiser, and Mountain Emerald (for which, I believe, there are relatively few county records). Sites visited included the following:
3 July - TSR = Three Springs Ranch on southwest side of Goose Lake; DC = Pond in Davis Creek at CR 133-B and Rt. 395; LC = Lassen Creek upstream from Lassen Creek Campground, southwest of Fandango Pass; FS 47 = small pond along Forest Service Road 47 midway between Rt. 395 and the Lassen Creek Campground; GLSP = Goose Lake State Park area (on CA/OR border) in New Pine Creek
4 July - DS = Dismal Swamp, in north Warners east of New Pine Creek; LL = Lily Lake, along Forest Service Road 2 east of New Pine Creek; LLP = Lower Lily Pond, along Forest Service Road 2 west of Lily Lake
5 July - NFPR = North Fork of Pit River, at Rt. 395 pullout 4.2 mi N of Rt. 299, north of Alturas; MNWR = Modoc National Wildlife Refuge auto tour loop
Species, locations, and approximate numbers were as follows:
River Jewelwing: NFPR (35)
American Rubyspot: NFPR (10)
Spotted Spreadwing: DC (7)
Northern Spreadwing: FS 47 (4)
Emerald Spreadwing: FS 47 (1), MNWR (10)
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing: TSR (1), FS 47 (10)
Western Red Damsel: TSR (20), NFPR (1)
Emma's Dancer: LC (15), NFPR (12)
Sooty Dancer: LC (2), NFPR (28)
Aztec Dancer: TSR (1)
Vivid Dancer: LC (30)
Northern Bluet: TSR (1 male in hand), NFPR (4 males in hand among 10 Bo/No Bluets)
Boreal Bluet: TSR (4 males in hand + 5 Bo/No Bluets), LC (1 male in hand), FS 47 (3 males in hand among 60 Bo/No Bluets), LL (4 males in hand among 150 Bo/No Bluets), LLP (6 males in hand among 1000+ Bo/No Bluets)
Tule Bluet: MNWR (hundreds)
Alkali Bluet: TSR (4)
Pacific Forktail: TSR (10), MNWR (100+)
Western Forktail: TSR (75), LC (2), LL (6), MNWR (100+)
Common Green Darner: LC (1), NFPR (2), MNWR (60+)
California Darner: TSR (4), LC (6), LL (15), LLP (3)
Blue-eyed Darner: TSR (2)
Pacific Spiketail: LC (7, photographed)
Grappletail: LC (3, photographed)
Pale Snaketail: LC (1), NFPR (9)
Western River Cruiser: LC (1, sight record only)
American Emerald: LL (45), LLP (50)
Mountain Emerald: DS (15+, photographed; flying from pine forest, where evidently spent the night, into the meadows at around 09:00-09:15)
Western Pondhawk: TSR (1), MNWR (5)
Hudsonian Whiteface: DS (25+, photographed in-hand), LL (1)
Dot-tailed Whiteface: TSR (5), LLP (2)
Eight-spotted Skimmer: TSR (6), LC (2), FS 47 (6), LL (40), LLP (35), NFPR (5), MNWR (hundreds)
Hoary Skimmer: TSR (1)
Twelve-spotted Skimmer: LC (8), FS 47 (15), LL (6), NFPR (1), MNWR (10)
Four-spotted Skimmer: TSR (10), LC (12), FS 47 (1), DS (1), LL (80), LLP (80), MNWR (8)
Wandering Glider: MNWR (1)
Common Whitetail: FS 47 (4), LLP (2), MNWR (8)
Variegated Meadowhawk: TSR (3), GLSP (4), LL (2), MNWR (40)
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk: GLSP (5), MNWR (5)
Band-winged Meadowhawk: TSR (3), MNWR (10)
Striped Meadowhawk: DC (7), FS 47 (7), LL (4), LLP (5), NFPR (4), MNWR (2)
Black Saddlebags: LC (1), MNWR (1)
Steve Rottenborn
Morgan Hill, CA
3 July - TSR = Three Springs Ranch on southwest side of Goose Lake; DC = Pond in Davis Creek at CR 133-B and Rt. 395; LC = Lassen Creek upstream from Lassen Creek Campground, southwest of Fandango Pass; FS 47 = small pond along Forest Service Road 47 midway between Rt. 395 and the Lassen Creek Campground; GLSP = Goose Lake State Park area (on CA/OR border) in New Pine Creek
4 July - DS = Dismal Swamp, in north Warners east of New Pine Creek; LL = Lily Lake, along Forest Service Road 2 east of New Pine Creek; LLP = Lower Lily Pond, along Forest Service Road 2 west of Lily Lake
5 July - NFPR = North Fork of Pit River, at Rt. 395 pullout 4.2 mi N of Rt. 299, north of Alturas; MNWR = Modoc National Wildlife Refuge auto tour loop
Species, locations, and approximate numbers were as follows:
River Jewelwing: NFPR (35)
American Rubyspot: NFPR (10)
Spotted Spreadwing: DC (7)
Northern Spreadwing: FS 47 (4)
Emerald Spreadwing: FS 47 (1), MNWR (10)
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing: TSR (1), FS 47 (10)
Western Red Damsel: TSR (20), NFPR (1)
Emma's Dancer: LC (15), NFPR (12)
Sooty Dancer: LC (2), NFPR (28)
Aztec Dancer: TSR (1)
Vivid Dancer: LC (30)
Northern Bluet: TSR (1 male in hand), NFPR (4 males in hand among 10 Bo/No Bluets)
Boreal Bluet: TSR (4 males in hand + 5 Bo/No Bluets), LC (1 male in hand), FS 47 (3 males in hand among 60 Bo/No Bluets), LL (4 males in hand among 150 Bo/No Bluets), LLP (6 males in hand among 1000+ Bo/No Bluets)
Tule Bluet: MNWR (hundreds)
Alkali Bluet: TSR (4)
Pacific Forktail: TSR (10), MNWR (100+)
Western Forktail: TSR (75), LC (2), LL (6), MNWR (100+)
Common Green Darner: LC (1), NFPR (2), MNWR (60+)
California Darner: TSR (4), LC (6), LL (15), LLP (3)
Blue-eyed Darner: TSR (2)
Pacific Spiketail: LC (7, photographed)
Grappletail: LC (3, photographed)
Pale Snaketail: LC (1), NFPR (9)
Western River Cruiser: LC (1, sight record only)
American Emerald: LL (45), LLP (50)
Mountain Emerald: DS (15+, photographed; flying from pine forest, where evidently spent the night, into the meadows at around 09:00-09:15)
Western Pondhawk: TSR (1), MNWR (5)
Hudsonian Whiteface: DS (25+, photographed in-hand), LL (1)
Dot-tailed Whiteface: TSR (5), LLP (2)
Eight-spotted Skimmer: TSR (6), LC (2), FS 47 (6), LL (40), LLP (35), NFPR (5), MNWR (hundreds)
Hoary Skimmer: TSR (1)
Twelve-spotted Skimmer: LC (8), FS 47 (15), LL (6), NFPR (1), MNWR (10)
Four-spotted Skimmer: TSR (10), LC (12), FS 47 (1), DS (1), LL (80), LLP (80), MNWR (8)
Wandering Glider: MNWR (1)
Common Whitetail: FS 47 (4), LLP (2), MNWR (8)
Variegated Meadowhawk: TSR (3), GLSP (4), LL (2), MNWR (40)
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk: GLSP (5), MNWR (5)
Band-winged Meadowhawk: TSR (3), MNWR (10)
Striped Meadowhawk: DC (7), FS 47 (7), LL (4), LLP (5), NFPR (4), MNWR (2)
Black Saddlebags: LC (1), MNWR (1)
Steve Rottenborn
Morgan Hill, CA
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