Hi all, After all the storms and the cold weather, I was surprised to see a half dozen Striped Meadowhawks near the mouth of Sulphur Creek just north of the...
Hello all, Steve Potter, of NV, was in Mohave County, AZ, 30/31 Oct 2004. While there he photographed a Striped Saddlebags. Not only was this a county record,...
Hi all, Yesterday, 11-1, I had one Blue-ringed Dancer at the Imperial site of the New River Wetlands in Imperial County. There were also a few Common Green...
The following species have not been recorded as flying in November in CA* or the whole Southwest, if you see one of these, please report it! Hetaerina...
Subject: Re: Head's up! [Striped Saddlebags] .... Kathy Mighty near the state line is an understatement. The river was less than 30 yards away when I took the...
David and I went to Monte Bello OSP and Skyline Ridge OSP. Following are our sightings. The Familiar Bluet appears to be a new county record. I will post a...
I guess the Election Blues messed me up a bit - John's Lestes congener record is new data - it would have been if they'd seen it TODAY however! Sorry about...
Hello everyone, I've put Steve Potter's Striped Saddlebags images up on the SW Site: http://southwestdragonflies.net/swanisoptera.html#Saddlebags I've been...
Perhaps the last new distribution records for CA this year.... October 30 , 2004 Santa Clara County John Hall (#81) Monte Bello OSP Enallagma civile Familiar...
This afternoon, Eric Preston and I visited the Open Space Preserve (OSP) ponds near Skyline Boulevard (Hwy 35) at the San Mateo Co./Santa Clara Co. border, to...
Hi Paul, Eric & all, Great that you could still see that many species in a small area! Yes, the date for the Spotted Spreadwing is 4 days later than the...
Sighting Record Listing - 11/5/2004 David and I went to check on the ponds last Friday in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. California Spreadwing 1...
October 17, 2004 Imperial County Tim Manolis West Pond near Imperial Dam on a very windy late afternoon, and I didn't see much else flying. * **Desert Firetail...
Tim Manolis saw a CITRINE not a Desert Forktail on Oct. 17th. That is the new late date. .... I've been on this computer too long today! So sorry. I think I'll...
Next Thurs. I'll be giving a program on the Simply Superb Dragonflies of the Pacific Southwest for Sacramento Audubon. If you're in the area, I'd love to meet...
Group, On Friday, November 12, 2004. David and I went to Monte Bello pond and Alpine pond. It is getting to be very quiet there in regards to dragonfly...
John, David and all, Yes, your sightings include several new late dates. In fact the Arroyo Bluet is only 4 days shy of being new late data for the whole...
Yesterday while searching for a Harris's Sparrow that showed up in my yard on Friday, I noticed a Variegated Meadowhawk land on one of my yard chairs. Don't...
Hi all, I posted a photo in the Calodes section of a damselfly taken at the McKittrick Tar Pits in western Kern County on November 6th. There was also a ...
Oders, While wandering around the Lost Slough section of Cosumnes River Preserve in southern Sacramento County, I found 4-6 VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWKS (all males-1...
Well, I'm sticking my neck out here, but I think this is a teneral male; the large amount of black in the abdomen segments and the '57 Chevy tail fin look to...
This message from Bill Mauffray. The book he refers to is THE manual for North America's damselflies. Not a cheap book but full of appendage drawings and...
Hi All, Today I did a bird survey in Audubon's Mayacamas Sanctuary on Pine Flat Road in Sonoma county. This area was badly burned over this last summer....
Hi David and all, We only have "November" as the late date for Vivid Dancer. I'm hoping Tim can check and see what the actual late date is. Also hope we can...
I just did a little further digging in my files and found this date, which is the late date for Vivid Dancers in CA and in the whole SW: 11/25/tm Kathy -- ...
Of course, the weather people lied again. They said the local deserts would be in the low 70's and sunny. Well it was in the 60's and little sun today. I went...
