All, I was working in the San Benito River in the southeastern part of the county yesterday and saw about five bison snaketails in a one-mile stretch. Looks...
My wife and I visited two small ponds on the San Pablo/Briones watershed in Contra Costa County today. One in particular was impressive (14 species and good...
Dave and I stopped at Bear Creek near where it crosses Hwy 20 for a half hour (12-12:30) on May 30th. It was 83 degrees. From the bank we saw: American...
We are SO envious..... Would have been so wonderful to have this much to show folks! BTW: GREAT PHOTOS Will check on dates etc later, just back from Mt. Shasta...
6/3/05 Balboa Park Los Angeles I was only able to spend 35 mins. there due to work but there was alot of activity in that short time. Mexican Amberwing (6)...
Oders, I had a little time at lunch to visit Lumsden Park in Placerville (ED) and found a great bunch of active bugs. BLUET SP. - several PACIFIC CLUBTAIL - 1 ...
Hi Paul and all, Yes, the Bison Snaketail is a new record for San Benito Co! Great! Thanks for posting the photos. Are they the documentation or did you also...
I've added a folder for site checklists to our Files section of CalOdes. In it I've placed checklists to some of the sites Dave and I've led field trips to. If...
Tilden Regional Park While showing the pond at the Botanical Gardens to our Wildlife Pond workshop group, we noted: Vivid Dancer - many Western Forktail - a...
Hi all, I took a trip through the mountains of Shasta County, from Shingletown to Burney, yesterday. It was a bit rough on the little Toyota commuter car, ...
I decided to dust off the camera and take a photo safari to one of my regular haunts. As usual, species diversity was poor, but quantity of individuals was...
A sunny day but often a cold wind, especially at Horseshoe Lake. June 7, 2005 Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, Santa Clara County Monte Bello Succession Pond ...
On 06/09/05, I made my way to the reserve to try and refind the many good bugs that were seen a few weeks before by CalOders John Hall and David Edwards. I...
David and I waded the stream above the vehicular bridge and below the visitors' center on Friday, June 10, 2005. Activity was quite high. American Rubyspot 20 ...
Hi John, David, and all, Sounds like a fruitful trip with lots of diversity. One species on your list is probably a misidentification however - "Western River...
Dear Odonata group: Here are few tidbits of information from the IORI (International Odonata Research Institute) Web site revision: The home page has been...
Hi all, Two New records and one upgrade to report from the last week's sightings: First off, John Hall and David Edwards did indeed document the Western River...
Record #6239 Aeshna umbrosa Walker (Shadow Darner) United States California: Co. 4 lakes in the Trinity Alps Wilderness, Trinity County: Echo, Section Line,...
Including Blue Dasher, Marl Pennant (male), Comanche Skimmer, and Widow Skimmer (female) http://sdbirds.basiclink.com/dragonflies_of_san_diego.htm Douglas...
Record #6192 Archilestes grandis (Rambur) (Great Spreadwing) United States California: Shasta Co. Hatchet Creek at Lion Slide Falls (known by locals as Hatchet...
Hi All, Finally, after a long spell of cold weather and rain the Pit River betwee Fall river Mills and Big Bend is down to the usual discharge. I had a chance...
Hi all, Just to let you know I'm still alive, I'll report on yesterday's (June 15) sightings at Turtle Bay West in Redding: 1 Enallagma sp., the only damsel...
David and I went up to Modoc and Lassen Counties to see what was flying. We were going to make it a five day trip but the weather did not cooperate. June 13,...
Tuesday, June 14 Dave and I stopped at Bear Creek at the intersection of Bear Creek & Hiway 20 from 11-11:30 while en route further north. The temperature was ...
Hi all, I'm always looking for a new and better way to photograph odes. One problem I've been trying to overcome lately is that of glare. This can really be...
Dave and I were delighted to find some new, wonderful habitat in the McCloud area of Siskiyou Co. We sort of stumbled across it, but it is an alkali spring...
Hello Dragonfly folks, We thought we would let you know about some events in July. We are doing the following classes/walks in July. Saturday, July 2, Mt....
Hi all, I was wondering if there would be much interest in one or two statewide CalOde/DSA meetings each year. The DSA folks back east seem to get together...
