Hello all CalOdes, SoWestOdes and dragonfly distribution map makers! Below are the new county and state records collected in this 3rd quarter of 2006 in the...
Things are really winding down.... If anyone sees any of these species this month, please speak up as it would be new late flight data: Northern Spreadwing ...
Dave and I met Don Roberson and Rita Carratello (for the first time ever) at Cold Canyon, near Lake Berryessa's Monticello Dam. Our plan was to look for Great...
It's always great to see closely related species together so you can compare them. I would love to see these two species at the same time and place. A few days...
All, Like Dave, Kathy, Don, and Rita, I considered heading up to Solano Co. this weekend to look for the great spreadwing. But then I thought, "Why look for ...
Great Paul! I wasn't expecting any multiple county records so late in the season! Thanks for this research! Tim and I will be reviewing county records at...
For those interested, photos of Great Spreadwing -- and the search for it with Kathy & Dave Biggs ["Hot Spreadwings in Cold Canyon"] -- are now available at ...
For those of you who aren't yet DSA (Dragonfly Society of the Americas) members here is some new info; and for DSA members, here's an update: The Baja Bluet,...
Hi all, I just found out that Rich Bailowitz was there with Doug Danforth and Sandy Upson when they went looking for the Baja Bluet (Doug and Sandy told me -...
Today on this glorious 231st Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps birthday, I was off looking for odes. At Mesa Grande along Black Canyon Road. I...
Checked the Imperial Dam area yesterday. Nothing unusual, but lots of odes flying. November 10, 2006 Imperial County David Blue Sunbeam Lake - A quick stop ...
... The whole history of this ironic turn of events has now been traced, and is on-line, illustrated with photos, some of them quite historic! Many thanks to...
Hello all, One thing I'm really thankful for this season is, yes, dragonflies, and all of you too! Several folks have emailed me privately this season asking...
Today, while out looking for some birds in the Mesa Grande area of eastern San Diego County, I decided to go and look at the spot where I had seen two Cardinal...
Hi all, Went birding yesterday (11/23) and happened across a darner which, fortunately, landed. Turned out to be a male Shadow Darner. Missed tying the late...
Hi all, One of the wonderful things these dragonfly discussion groups do is let us all share thoughts and theories. Recently I've been receiving emails from...
Thanks for that good stuff, Kathy. I think there is a "heat island" effect, but I have to add that Rich Bailowitz and Doug Danforth have been seeing 20+...
Rita and I were (mostly) birding around the south end of the Salton Sea, Imperial County, on 24-25 Nov. We did visit the highline canal at east end of Sinclair...
Not that it matters, but I left off "Familiar Bluet 3 males (ph)" from my list from highline canal vicinity, east end of Sinclair Rd., IMP Picky, picky. Don...
Hi all, Not exactly a dragonfly post, but I bet Doug won't mind this one: Sorted thru old newspapers that came while we were gone for Thanksgiving. There was...
Queen Odonata was right. Cold Canyon was not the last odeing day of our year. Rita and I went south for Thanksgiving.... and odes were still flying in Imperial...
December 2, 2006 Alameda County John Hall, David Edwards Sunol Regional Wilderness American Rubyspot 7 California Spreadwing 2 (males) Great Spreadwing 1...
CalOders, I have been enamored with Dragonflies and Butterflies since the late 1990's (been into birds since the 1970's) and with my love of photography, I ...
John and all, If you see that Rubyspot tomorrow, it'll break the old late date: Dec 2, '05. The Calif. Spreadwing is late date for CA and the whole SW - old...
Hi all, Walking four to eight miles daily in the Imperial Sand Dunes here in eastern Imperial County. Have seen at least one evey day and today there were...
Today (2 Dec) at Carmel River mouth, Monterey County: Blue-eyed Darner 5, incl. perched andro female (photo'd) C. Green Darner 2 (tandem in flight) and at...
Also today, 2 December, I had 4 Common Green Darners, and 2 Variegated Meadowhawks at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, Butte Co. It was sunny, but with a cold north...
