Hi! With it's being such a lovely day today, Dave and I decided that while we were out we'd check a few local spots for Odonata. First we stopped in Sebastopol...
Hi all, Had a glider (Pantala sp.) today that I would have called a Wandering Glider by the look of it but would have expected Spot-winged Glider by the early ...
Oh for instant 'replay'! But, the early dates for both species are actually pretty close: Wandering glider - 03/22/03 Spot-winged glider - 03/09/03 Whichever...
Not sure about the significance here but while birding the Wister Unit of the Salton Sea NWR, I saw my "life" Red Saddlebags. Also, in the area were several...
Dave and I drove up Pine Flat Rd to see how the burned area was recovering and to see what was growing/on the wing. It was 76 out and calm and the wildflowers...
Good point! As Doug has pointed out I had forgotten the date! This was this past Saturday, March 5, 2005. ________________________________ Steve Abbott ...
From looking at the file that Kathy has. You broke the early date record by several days- CONGRATULATIONS. The old record was 03/09/03. Doug ... From: "Steve...
Group, Taking advantage of the warm weather, David and I went to San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo County on Thursday and had 2 California Darners at the top....
Hi all, Yesterday, George Sappington and I went to Mouth-of-Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area in south-central Shasta County. We found lots of Black-fronted and...
Group, David and I took advantage of what looked like a clear spot amongst the fog of Saturday and headed down to the open space preserves in Santa Clara and...
Hi all, I just got back from a noontime walk here in Redding. About a hundred yards from the building where I work there was this dragonfly flitting about. I...
Hi Ray, et al.: I have a record in my specimen data base for Crane Creek, Rohnert Park, Sonoma County, for 1 March 1980. This is from the Sonoma State...
New early date for Swift Forktail? Cheers, Bruce Deuel Redding ... Group, David and I took advantage of what looked like a clear spot amongst the fog of...
Group, According to Kathy Bigg's Odonata Flight Periods these are early dates for not only Swift Forktail but also Cardinal Meadowhawk and Blue-eyed Darner. ...
Hi folks: There is an old specimen record for Sympetrum illotum in the LA County Museum from Pasadena dated 20 January 1900 (fide Dennis R. Paulson). This...
Tim, On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:30:26 EST, you wrote: Hi folks: There is an old specimen record for Sympetrum illotum in the LA County Museum from Pasadena dated...
Dave and I stopped by at Bear Creek for a short time on our way thru Colusa Co. on Thursday, March 11th. The creek is still fairly high and fast and we didn't...
Hello all, Some of you may know of Virginia Brown by her maiden name, Virginia Carpenter. She's an 'old timer' in the Ode world and one of the folks mentioned...
-- March 9, 2005 Imperial County Bob Miller …. Found about 20 ** *Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula just west of Calipatria. [photo in original email]. …....
Hello all, I just saw the first PACIFIC FORKTAILS of the season here in Placerville, El Dorado County. There were several males and a single female in the...
Hi all, Yes, thanks Tim, What I'm doing is, I'm counting that Jan. date as an 'aberration', marked on the chart, but not counted as the beginning of the flight...
I dont usually post for i am not out in the field much. I am a novice and homeschool my son. As i was watering the yard this morning i saw a lovely sight. I...
On Tuesday , March 15, David and I went to see what might be flying in the way of dragonflies and butterflies in Del Puerto Canyon, Stanislaus County. We...
Dave and I took a picnic lunch to the Gardens which are just 3 miles South of our home. The gardens are always an excellent spot for Exclamation Damsels in the...
Friday, March 25, 2005 David and I went to look for butterflies and Odes in Alum Rock Park. This is San Jose, Santa Clara County. We saw over 20 species of...
On Saturday, March 26, 2005, David and I went to Montebello and Skyline Ridge OSPs in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. We managed the following odes under a...
