June 30, 2005 David and I went to see if Waddell Creek might be productive for dragonflies. We hiked up the road from Hwy 1 about 3 miles to the second bridge...
For Canada Day, David and I went to Monte Bello and Skyline Ridge OSPs. Monte Bello pond was witnessing the emergence of Striped Meadowhawks. We also spotted a...
David and I are heading up into Plumas and Lassen Counties this week (Thursday thru' Saturday) to look for dragonflies. Our first stop is Willow lake. How is...
I have a 30 second movie (.avi format) of a very large brown & yellow dragonfly laying eggs in a pool at the Grotto Falls in Ventura County,California. Would...
Hi all, Today, 4 July, I checked out the odes at Bathtub Lake, near Butte Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Bathtub Lake is in Lassen County. The ...
See if anyone can help, especially you guys in the northeast Bill Mauffray International Odonata Research Institute PO Box 147100 Gainesville FL 32614-7100 ...
All, I've placed images in the JohnsonP folder in Cal Odes Photos, and entered these into the database. Lestes stultus, Arroyo Seco Cr., Monterey Co. ...
I spent Sunday (7/3/05) afternoon on Pine Flat Road in Sonoma County and saw the following: Black Spreadwing - 1 Sooty Dancer - 1 male Vivid Dancer - 1+ Bluet...
I spent much of the day on July 5 visiting Pine Flat Road and a small stretch of the Russian River in NE Sonoma County. Species list keyed by location: "MM4" =...
Hello all, A few years ago, when Dave and I found Ringed Emeralds and Black Petaltails at Gumboot Lake, we got some pretty good publicity for our favored bugs...
Dave and I dedicated a day to exploring some new sites in Siskiyou Co (plus revisits to Hammond Ranch Lake): July 2 (& 4th), 2005 Siskiyou County Dave and...
Hi oders, Seeing Kathy and Daves message about the Emerald Spreadwings in Siskiyou I felt I needed to reply since I found another site for them in the county....
Thanks Rob, This is then a 4th site for the Emerald Spreadwings in Siskiyou Co! Great! After I posted that the Gazelle site was only the 2nd site for the...
First of all, We want to thank Tim Manolis and Ray Bruun who promptly answered our questions concerning this trip. And many thanks to everyone who posts their...
In response to Tim's question, We didn't net any of the bluets. It was getting late in the day and we were focusing on other species. We are still a little...
Dave and I led a Sonoma Land Trust outing to Riverfront Park east of Windsor to look for dragonflies. Despite temps in the lower 90s, the diversity was low: ...
This is a bit exciting, at least to me. But 90 species have been reported as flying already this year. Compare this to past years: 2004 - 81 2003 - 81 2002 -...
Kathy reported them Day 5, April 23, 2005 San Diego County We had a 2-day catch and release permit: San Felipe Creek - cool and overcast, no odes. But we did...
Thanks Doug, Robert, John & Edward, Tim and all, !! So, we ARE up to 91 species reported as flying this year. BUT, the data is off for all the prior years...
I spent a few hours on Sunday, July 10 at Pine Flat Rd. in Sonoma Co. I had at least one and I think quite a few more California Spreadwings at the pond at...
Eric and all, Nice Pix! Thanks for posting about them. The Petaltails may be finished flying at this site, although at higher altitudes they may fly thru mid...
Hi, On July 11, I was in Fall River Mills, Shasta Co, for work and came across a eightspotted skimmer with only three wings. The fully developend male lacked...
I have been very busy at work lately and not very diligent about following the progress of this year's ode season, but I believe I have another ode for the...
Hello everyone, Many of you have written to the group &/or to me individually re. Pine Flat Rd. To answer some questions: The pond at mile marker 10 is on BLM...
Aha, now that I know it's "Bureau of Logging and Mining" land, that explains the devastation of the area. Regulations? What's that? What a shame. I think the...
I'll tell you what I will do the next time I'm up there which may not be soon, is I'll photograph the evidence of descration and write a few papers. Not sure...
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