While conducting biological surveys along Centerline Canal in North Natomas in Sacramento on Thursday September 30, 2004, I noted dragonflies along the way. A...
CalOdes, David and I went to Del Puerto Canyon in Stanislaus County to see what changes there were in the dragonfly population since our last visit. Numbers...
September 9, 2004 Alameda County John Hall (#81) Sunol Regional Wilderness, Alameda Creek Red Rock Skimmer Paltothemis lineatipes – sighting record, one male...
Hi all, John Sterling and I were working on private land in the seep spring country along South Fork Battle Creek near Manton on Thursday, September 30. We...
On the last day of the September I was in Lake County, at Buck Island along Cache Creek (10S,554461,4308897, WGS 83) where I saw numerous American Rubyspots,...
Good to get the report! That is new late flight data for CA for the Emmas! Previous late date was 09/19/98. Same will be true if that turns out to be a Boreal...
Hello all, I am from South Carolina and will be in the LA area on business the first week of November. I will have a couple blocks of a few hours to try to...
Ode sightings in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties for October 3, 2004. Observers: J Hall, D Edwards Monte Bello OSP- Santa Clara County pond accessed from...
... Kathy, Funny you should ask. I was just getting ready to send in a San Benito County record for that species. Apparently it's also a late record. I've...
Paul's pictures, together, show a Red Saddlebags! A new county record and new late flight data! Great! Talking to a woman at "Curves" today in Sebastopol, she...
Snuck away from work this afternoon, and went to Greenwood Cemetery and saw the following: 7 Common Green Darners 1 Flame Skimmer 12 Black Saddlebags 1...
Kathy and all, I went to the Bear Gulch Reservoir today in search of more red saddlebags. Struck out on them, but ended up with another record for Pinnacles...
Hi Group! I am part of a small graduate course in the Integrative Biology department at Berkeley~ and we are looking at morphology and molecular evolution in ...
This is an interesting critter....not certain it is Striped Meadowhawk. Do you have any other images of it you could post? Did you keep a specimen? Anyone else...
Kathy and the group, My vote is for a male Striped Meadowhawk, this individual being fairly pale. Ray Bruun Shingletown, Shasta County, CA bruun@......
Kathy and all, I've posted more images. Also sent them directly to Tim, per his request. Yes, I have two specimens. And I wasn't very clear in stating that...
Thanks Tim, I'm CCing this to CalOdes for the educational benefit of all! It seems like the best ID marks are these Striped Meadowhawks are the stripes on TOP...
Today there was an abundance of Odes at Santee Lakes. The weather was sunny and warm, with a slight breeze. Observed the following: Common Green Darners 20 + ...
The conditions of my permit to survey odes this year on the East Bay watershed included the commitment to submit any collected specimens to a curated...
David and I went to Sherman Island and Brannan Island in Sacramento County on the 6th. This was primarily a butterfly watching trip but we kept a lookout for...
October 5, 2004 David and I looked for dragonflies in Alameda Creek, Sunol Regional Wilderness, Alameda County. The following sightings were noted: American...
Following directions provided by Kathy and Dave Biggs, David and I went to Lichau Road in Sonoma County to look for Great Spreadwing. We saw at least 8. Two...
To all Oders :) The desert was pleasant today with temps in the 80's, and a cooling breeze coming from the west. I stopped at several Golf Courses, Sewage...
While photographing the White-Belted Ringtail, the following species were observed. Area - East Highline Canal approximately 5 miles southeast of Holtville, ...
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Doug, Thanks fore the head's up on Anza-Borrego! That is new late flight data for the Red Saddlebags. Kathy...
Thanks for the report Dee & Bob! Your Gray Sanddragon, White-belted Ringtail & Mexican Amberwing are just a few days shy of being new late flight data. In...
Dave and I had a few minutes to spare before returning home from Siskiyou Co. and spent them at Hammond Pond, on Old Stage Coach Rd. N., out of Mt. Shasta...
Now that ode season is winding down I've finally had a chance to update my web site with some ode photos from this year. There's a dragonfly and damselfly...