Today in a pond to the east of Otay Lakes in Chula Vista, San Diego County, I had the following. Common Green Darners Blue-eyed Darner Red Saddlebags Black...
Hi all, Today, I visited Nora Lake in south-central Shasta County. Two species were seen for certain and possibly a third (it's the beginning of the ode...
FYI: Here are dragonfly related events occurring in May: Friday, May 13, 7-8:30 Reflections on the Klamath River Bob Claypole Upper Sacramento River Exchange...
Dave and I walked into the pond at Helen Putnam Regional Park in Petaluma this afternoon with rather disappointing results: Vivid Dancer - 1 male Tule Bluet- a...
I finally made my first serious odes foray of the season yesterday, at least six weeks later that last year. At two ponds on the East Bay watershed, I had...
Hi Doug and all, This season certainly does seem slower, and your 8-spot makes 41 species reported to be on the wing. So, I was surprised when I checked the...
Hi all, Today in Placerville (El Dorado County) I checked the creek behind the Signature Theaters on Placerville Dr and had many VIVID DANCERS in as many...
Dragonflies of North America - Entomology, Odonata Item number: 4547417967 I thought some of you might know of someone who would be interested in this item....
David and I walked the from the Proctor Staging area to Honker Bay on Lake Chabot. Date: May 12, 2005 California/Aztec Dancer 7 Vivid Dancer 20 Tule Bluet...
Alameda Creek has finally receded enough to make it possible to wade the creek in many places. We did our usual stretch upstream from the vehicular bridge and...
David and I finally got a nice day at Monte Bello and Skyline Ridge OSPs. Monte Bello OSP Vivid Dancer 25 (seep area) Swift Forktail 24 (16 at seep area) ...
Hi all, Dave and I just returned from a week in Siskiyou Co. We joined my brother, Bob Claypole, on the International Migratory Bird Day field trip to the...
Ode folks If you had asked me if there were any Lestes on the coast here around Half Moon Bay a few days ago I would have said - no way. Then on Sunday around ...
John, Ed, and others, Great to get photo documentation on the Pacific Clubtail! Thanks! I believe the photo of an exuvia that you also sent is from this...
Hi all, On my lunch time walk today, I saw two Common Green Darners in tandem over a seasonal pool (not a vernal pool), lots of Vivid Dancers, and two young...
May 20, 2005 Del Puerto Canyon- from Interstate 5 to bridge past mile marker 18 Stanislaus County John Hall, David Edwards American Rubyspot 40 California...
The following report brings us to 46 species reported as flying this year: Los Angeles County Karen Sandstone Peak, the highest point in Santa Monica Mountains...
All: I had 5 Red Saddlebags flying around the Dune Pond in the Coal Oil Point reserve in Santa Barbara yesterday. Not much else - Common Green Darner, ...
Dave and I spent from 10:45-11:15 walking around Lake Ralphine in Santa Rosa. The temperature was in the mid 70s and the lake is full again after the...
I went down to some of my favorite small ponds in San Mateo County on Friday, May 20 and counted at least 20 Black Spreadwings. I also had a Cardinal...
On May 22, 2005, I went to El Dorado Park in Long Beach. I saw (5) Flame Skimmers, (7) Blue Dashers, (2) Western Pondhawks (20+) Vivid Dancers (only a few...
Hi All, Yesterday, 5/25/05, while doing a bird census on Pine Flat Road, I saw: Common Whitetail-one at the upper pond Striped Meadowhawk-on a fire road above...
Hi all, I took a long lunch today, longer than I intended. The first stop was Turtle Pond at the Redding Arboretum near the Sacramento River. It was a ...
I'll call Ray Brunn's 15 species and raise him one. Of course, it took two trips into the East Bay watershed, and one of the species is a little iffy, but...
Dave and I just had the most wonderful experience: I went out to move the sprinkler, and apparently scared up a Spiketail that was possibly perched on the...
Dave and I led a field trip up Pine Flat Rd. out of Healdsburg today. We had very cool temperatures, never rising above the low 60s, but a few odes cooperated...
