This afternoon I ducked out of work a little early to check out the Sausal Pond at Windy Hill Open Space Preserve near Portola Valley. There was abundant ode...
September 1, 2006 Alameda County John Hall, David Edwards Anthony Chabot Regional Park We tried Chabot for the second time after finding Sunol closed. We...
*Hello all, Here are the new county records for the last several weeks. Thanks to all of you who submitted new records. Kathy ... **Record #7126**/ Libellula...
A wander through Garrapata State Park, Monterey County, produced an unexpected spiked cocktail. Conversation over cocktails, enhanded with photos, is at ...
I found a Motel 6 on Ave 2 in Yuma that is $39.00 a night with 2 beds in each room. Is everyone going to get their own reservations or should I attempt to get...
Hi all, Today I went to Nora Lake in search of California Spreadwing which have been easy to find there in the past. I didn't seen any at all. The lake was...
Doug, I think $39.00 is pretty cheap. Group rates probably aren't necessary. I will probably reserve a room a week in advance; do you think that's early...
All, Last year I had high hopes of exciting Fresno County ode discoveries on a piece of private land to which I had been given access to work with foothill ...
A fanciful web page on the Lavender Hill Man is now up at http://montereybay.com/creagrus/LavenderDancer.html In addition to the list from Paul whilst chasing...
Hi All: I'm working on a contract revising the invertebrate portion of the Forest Service Sensitive Species list for Region 5. There are only 2 odonates that I...
Hi all, Went out to photograph today; not much flying. Pix up at: http://bruunphotography.com/shastacounty_090906.html Regards, Ray Bruun Shingletown, Shasta...
Today I visited The Indians area of Los Padres National Forest in Monterey County, which can only be reached via Ft. Hunter-Liggett. The latter is now a very...
Hi - I went out birding with RJ Adams in northern San Benito County today. During the chit chat of the morning, he mentioned that he had seen Exclamation...
September 8, 2006 Alameda County John Hall, David Edwards Sunol Regional Wilderness Alameda Creek 10:45 - 15:45 23 species American Rubyspot 15 California...
Steve, RJ and all, Thanks for the update on San Benito County and Exclamation Damsels. We'll count that as a sighting record and hope for an upgrade next ...
My apologies! We've just got in from Happy Camp and I hadn't read John and David's report yet! Sorry about that! Will note new late date.... Cheers!! Kathy...
Hello all, In my prior email of new summer new county records there were 2 errors. First all records attributed to CA chart # 94 SHOULD be attributed to #95 (I...
R.J., Can you give us some exact dates and descriptions of both the damsels seen and their behavior? Also exactly where seen. Thanks!! Kathy -- California...
Thanks to all who responded to my request for locality data for Libellula composita. From the GIS mapping I did this morning, I found that the species does ...
All, I revisited Arroyo Leona/Cantua Creek on private land in western Fresno Co., this time with a full day and nothing to do but ode. I was hopeful that if I...
Hi all, We had a Kathy and Dave Biggs sighting at the first annual Klamath Watershed Festival here in Happy Camp! Kathy wowed the audience with an exceptional...
Thanks for the kind words Dave; that was fun! After giving another powerpoint presentation, for SSU's entomology class in Rohnert Park yesterday, I checked the...
Hi all, As the ode season winds down, I'll occasionally point out known late dates. Please report any seen after that so we may record them. Thanks!! Lestes...
Hi folks: Some comments re: Kathy's recent posting of some late dates: There are some later dates in our specimen data base than those listed by Kathy: ...
Hi Tim and all, Ray Bruun had 2 Leucorrhinia hudsonica at Crumbaugh Lake, Lassen NP, Shasta Co., on 9/27/2003, according to Kathy Bigg's 2003 sightings page. ...
Hi all, Today I did some late season ode chasing at Lake McCumber and environs. Glider sp. (Wandering?) - several Variegated Meadowhawk - 1 young female ...
September 13, 2006 El Dorado County John Hall, David Edwards Grass Lake (elev.7,715') Mostly cloudy conditions Northern Spreadwing 2 Mosaic Darner,sp 5 Black...
On a quick visit to eastern California yesterday, Rita Carratello & I observed a mystery darner over a remote area (just a few trees and a trickle of water)...
