Yesterday, while watching the Navy Fleetweek Sea & Air Parade on San Diego Bay (ocean saltwater). I watched a male Red Rock Skimmer flying out over the bay and...
September 27, 2005 Santa Clara County J Hall, D Edwards Monte Bello OSP seep area Vivid Dancer 15 Mosaic Darner,sp 1 pond California Spreadwing 1 Spotted...
September 29, 2005 Sonoma County J Hall, D Edwards Lichau Road and Copeland Creek Great Spreadwing 2 (m&f) Vivid Dancer 7 Mosaic Darner,sp 2 Common Green...
FYI: Subject: DragonflyIndia From: Vijay Vasant Barve <barvevijay@...> Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:08:48 +0530 Dear Insect Lovers, I am happy to announce a...
Hi all, Dave and I took one last Ode outing while up north on Friday, the last day of September. We especially wanted to look for the Lake Darner, as it was...
Hi all, Don't let the subject fool you, I don't have a big trip to report. Yesterday I was in Lassen Volcanic National Park, mostly birding while my daughter...
The following new records were made in or reported in September: California: August 26, 2005 Tuolumne County Kathy and Dave Biggs, Leanne Bryan New Melones...
Hi Odonata groups: 1. Damselflies of NA, second edition with companopn color guide has been delayed till Spring 2006. All those who have already paid will be...
October 6, 2005 San Benito County John Hall, David Edwards Coalinga Road and Laguna Creek American Rubyspot 2 California Spreadwing 3 California/Aztec Dancer...
Hi all, Today I went looking for Autumn Meadowhawk in Shasta County. I checked several places and finally found them at Crystal Lake near the town of Cassel....
Thought most of you would be interested in this. Some of you met Mike May at the CA DSA meeting in 2003: http://www.princeton.edu/~wikelski/news.htm Kathy -- ...
From this quarter's "Argia" (the newsletter of the DSA): Northern Bluet separated from its Eurasian relative and assigned a new species name. Dennis Paulson,...
October 13, 2005 Alameda County John Hall, David Edwards Sunol Regional Wilderness American Rubyspot 30 California Spreadwing 20 California Dancer 7 Vivid...
I thought this message from Dennis Paulson might be of interest to all: Hello, all. I was just examining some specimens, and this thought hit me - not for the...
Interesting comments on pruinosity by Dennis Paulson. But it's not clear what he proposes instead of acetone. Would he use ethyl acetate (or cyanide), then...
Folks Similar to ornithological researchers in South America who sound record an individual before collecting it (thereby obtaining voice, specimen and genetic...
Hi all, Great comments. I know I've been scanning all my specimens while alive (if possible) or at least recently deceased and then printing the image on the...
Dennis has had some difficulties joining our CalOdes group and asked me to forward these messages that were returned to him. He is going to join our, and...
Greetings from the East Coast! We in the Northeastern Dragonfly of the Americas chapter have recently concluded a long, yet productive web discussion on the...
CalOders, I have not had to do this too often on this list, but I've seen this subject
destroy other list especially the Lep lists. Flame wars can start from...
Hey! I know many of you are Audubon members too, so I thought I'd share: It was fun to notice that a photo of the Kern River Preserve's new acquisition in...
Hi, Chris. These are Seaside Dragonlets, Erythrodiplax berenice, a common feature of the coast on both sides of Mexico, all through the Caribbean, and up the...
October 29, 2005 Santa Clara County J Hall, D Edwards Monte Bello OSP pond Northern Spreadwing 1 Familiar Bluet 4 Mosaic Darner,sp 1 Blue-eyed Darner 1 ...
Dear CalOders, While I can appreciate people being excited by seeing Odes in different parts of this Country and the World. This is a California only group. ...
All, Temperatures around 70 are keeping the Odes going here at Pinnacles National Monument. I just saw my first immature gynomorphic female Pacific forktail....
Record #6370 Celithemis elisa (Hagen) (Calico Pennant) United States Colorado: Larimer Co. Berthoud, CO July 13, 2005 lat/long: N 40.272078° W 105.15901°...
Nov. 19 (tomorrow!) is the latest date we have recorded for Blue-eyed Darner for CA and the whole SW. My girlfriend just sent me a great pix of a female...
Hello All, Doug Aguillard is the owner of this CalOdes group and it is his decision not to allow discussions of trips outside of CA for this group. But I'd...