On Sunday, 29 April, I checked three spots in the Los Padres Nat'l Forest near The Indians, Monterey County: a spring-fed streamlet at Wagon Caves, a small...
Hi all, With the bit of rain, at least here in the middle of CA, maybe you too will need the Internet to see any dragons today! If so, or even if not so, you...
Reminder from: CalOdes Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/cal Wildlife of Pepperwood Preserve Thursday May 17, 2007 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (The next...
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Hi all, Did some photographing this afternoon. Pix are up. Part 1 -- http://bruunphotography.com/redding_1_050407.html Part 2 --...
I made a quick stop this morning at Ft. Point in the Presidio, San Francisco, and was glad to see that SAN FRANCISCO FORKTAILS have emerged at this traditional...
Hi all, From 10:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. today, I photographed odes at Darrah Springs Fish Hatchery (in Shasta County) and Deer Creek at the Highway 99E crossing...
May 6, 2007 Riverside County Peter Siminski Dos Palmas Preserve; 8:30am - 12:30pm, sunny, 75-90 degrees, Very windy, 10-15mph with gusts to 25; the weak flyers...
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May 7, 2007 1:50 am
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Hi Peter and all, *** *Marl Pennant, */*Macrodiplax balteata*/ -1; 5/6/07 [new early flight date by 19 days!] In fact, the earliest date recorded for the...
Hi folks: I know a lot of the folks recently attracted to watching dragonflies are uncomfortable with netting and collecting, but I would like to point out ...
Last weekend I reported on 3 spots near The Indians in Monterey County, including a sort-of threatened Clubtail (by a frog) and a bunch of bluets that needed...
This is splendid news! Our first new county record for 2007. The River Cruiser is known from next door Fresno County, but this is still a great find. Aren't...
All: After more discussions on andromorphic Pacific Forktail with Tim, I decided that I probably had seen Exclamation Damsels and returned to the site...
Escaped from work today to go look for Odes. Went to the Old Mission Dam, and saw the following. 50+ Flame Skimmers in aerial combat with the gnats and each...
Reminder from: CalOdes Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/cal Dazzling Dragonflies of Mendocino County” Thursday May 17, 2007 6:00 pm - 8:00...
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May 11, 2007 12:57 am
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Hi gang, I stopped by Hudson Road along the Shasta River to see if any ode activity had started up yet. I was pleased to find a fair amount of activity despite...
Hi gang, Stopped at Cayuse pond along highway 96 this afternoon. Saw a few things. I watched a beaver swim along the far edge of the pond and finally dive and...
May 11, 2007 San Diego County David Blue San Diego River at Old Mission Dam in Mission Trails Regional Park American Rubyspot Hetaerina americana 4 ...
Great that the Jewelwings are out. And that new early flight date on the Paddle-tailed. Old date was 5/28/2001 –kb. If you could catch one, at least on film...
All: Not sure if one has been reported yet but I had a female at Lake Los Carneros in Goleta, Sta Bar County last Wednesday. Nick Lethaby DSP/BIOS, NDK, Codec...
All, Yesterday I headed out to the San Benito River in the BLM Clear Creek Management Area. My primary goal was to find the Western river cruiser, but since...
We escaped the cold dreariness of SF to some hazy sunshine at Rancho San Antonio OSP. Thank goodness for web cams and a convenient phone call to let us know...
I have found one copy of Dunkle's Florida Dragonfly guide. It is new, has some very minor (less than 1 mm) nicks along the cover border. Otherwise in perfect...
Well after what seems to be a fruitless search for Grappletail in San Diego County, I am still 0-15, looking for this bug, last reported back in the 1980's. I...
Today Rita Carratello, Steve Rovell and I went back to the Los Padres NF and tried two of the three spots that Paul Johnson & I visited last weekend. Weather...
May 12, 2007 Imperial County Peter Siminski CDFG Imperial Wildlife Area, Wister Unit, Ruddy Road ponds and ditches; 10:30am - 12:30pm, sunny, calm to light...
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Hi all, Here's one more post in a day of many posts. Things are heating up. I swung by Bear Creek today, on the way to get my mother-in-law, who had been away...
