My 8 year old daughter, Natalia, and I travelled north to look for odes on Tuesday afternoon. First stop was Cherry Hill Campground near Butte Meadows in the...
July 3, 2008 San Pasqual-Clevenger Canyon(North Trail), Santa Ysabel Creek, several minutes walk upstream and downstream from the trail crossing of the barely...
Greetings from Monterey County - This afternoon I took three kids (Marco 4, Julian 10 and Sonia 11) to Garrapata SP for a hike and to look for odes. Only two...
Greetings - Spent the afternoon in Santa Cruz County today since my coast (south Monterey Bay) was socked in. First stop was Quail Hollow County Park and then...
I am looking for any information on good locations for odes in se Arizona and New Mexico as I'll be going there in a few weeks. Also would like to know of any...
Today (Friday the 11th), Dave and I drove up to the Medicine Lake Highlands area. Blue skies! Our first stop was at Pumice Stone Well pond, then we drove onto ...
Hello all, We escaped the heat and went up to Gumboot Lake and vicinity on the 9th. Temp ~85-88, clear (smoke free!) For those of you who've been there before,...
July 4, 2008 Bear Creek @ Hwy 20; 12:30- 12:45. Water high, 86F; seen from road no rubyspots! Dancer sp - probably CA/AZ Tule Bluet no clubtails! Common Green...
On our way home from Mt. Shasta, we again stopped at Bear Creek. It was 103+ and we were hot and tired, so it was a quick stop: *July 14, 2008* *_Colusa_**_...
Today, I decided to just go out for a drive with my 2 teenage boys and we went up onto Otay Mtn. a 3500 ft, burned over coastal sage scrub type habitat that is...
Doug, Cool to find a group like that! It sounds as if they were feeding there. Possibly they were there because the insects they feed upon were 'hilltopping'....
Let me try this again! ... Hi Kathy, Alexandru has an interesting dragonfly migration report in Nevada below. Could you relay it on to someone working on...
I went into the Valley of Stinking heat today to search for new opportunities and some Odes that I crappy images of. It started at 104 F when I arrived at the...
Hi all, We've been planning the Blitz to be in Trinity County - it's a beautiful place and a 'black hole' in the Ode distribution maps for more than 20 ...
On Friday, July 18, George Sappington and I made a trip to Lassen and Modoc Counties. We stopped at Ash Creek Campground in Lassen County (south of Adin) and...
Last year Rita & I did our annual S.F. Giants game on 8 April, and had a female Cal Darner that spent the entire game over us or landing on nearby fans. This...
Two great American pastimes! We were in the upper deck (View Boxes) for the same game -- my first loss in four games, believe it or not! -- and probably had...
New images from Florida Canyon,Balboa Park in San Diego. http://sdbirds.basiclink.com/Dragonfly_Pages/neon_skimmer.htm Enjoy, Doug Aguillard San Diego, CA ...
As part of a SFSU insect class based at their field station in Sierra County, I observed and photographed a few odes in the central Sierras during the week of...
Hi folks: Three folks (Dan Brown, Cathie LaZier, and Zach Smith) joined me on a Sacramento Audubon field trip to look for dragonflies along Bear Creek in...
My daughters and I just returned from a great trip to northeastern California. I didn't keep track of all species at each site so I undoubtedly neglected to...
I'd strongly recommend Modoc County areas as there are many places to discover for odes and lots of excellent species as well. John Sterling VVVVVVVVVV 26 Palm...
Hello all, There has been some questioning of where the public/private land boundaries lie at specific sites, such as Bear Creek. It is my understanding that...
July 23, 2008 Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve, Escondido Creek, 1:00-2:45pm, sunny, light breezes, 82 degrees. A short ways upstream and downstream from the...
Hi all, Does anyone have Jan Harding's email address? Thanks! Today is last chance to be put on Blitz list as we leave in 4 days for DSA meeting and need to...
Hi all, Well shucky darn! I was really looking forward to making it up there but it just ain't gonna happen. The looks of the gas bill does not equal up to...
Hello everyone, The LA Times published an article on Mono Lake in its California section in today's edition, July 24th. Our own Garry Suttle just happened to...
Chris, All my emails to you are being returned, so I hope I can get this message to you thru the group....my apologies to everyone else! ... We will be holding...
Kathy and all, When I was in Modoc County last week, my cell phone (ATT) worked fine around Alturas. I'm assuming other services will work there also. Those...
3 new county records in July. Please mark your Excel Charts to match: *July 24, 2008 * *_Inyo County _*** *Ron & Barbara Oriti* Canal east of the Laws Railroad...