Despite the warm temps we've been getting this summer, there wasn't much to photograph up at pine pond. I DID manage to photograph a Wakler's Darner (A....
As I update images on my website, I'm getting rid of the worse ones. Hope you enjoy-look for the spinning "NEW" button for those that have new images. ...
On 08/01/2008, I went to the Imperial Valley to chase after a bird and had a meeting time set up to try and see it, if it was still present. I had several...
August 3, 2008 Riverside County Peter Siminski Lake Fulmor, San Jacinto Mountains, Elev. 5370'; 10:15-11:50, ~75F, cloudless, calm to light air. Tule Bluet,...
I really want to encourage any of you who may want to join us this coming weekend in Modoc County for our 4th Annual CalOdes Blitz. It's alot of fun. Come on...
We have a request (via Jerrell Daigle) to help with a DNA study being done by Eric Pilgrim. He needs western specimens of Common and Desert Whitetails and...
We stopped at Orr Lake as we returned thru northern Siskiyou Co. from the DSA meeting in Bend last weekend. The meeting was a LOT of fun and one new state...
My wife and I returned Saturday from a two-week trip that included five days with friends at a lodge in the Lakes Basin; the DSA meeting in Bend, Oregon; a...
Hello all, I want to take this time and thank all of the folks who participated in the 4th CalOdes Blitz. Every year, it's getting bigger, and I expect next...
This evening (Wed, Aug. 6th), while eating dinner outside at our McCloud home on the SE side of Mt. Shasta, we were surprised to notice many darners heading UP...
Just a response to Kathy's last sentence. There are periods in Washington in midsummer when no Common Green Darners are seen, presumably after the spring...
Paul and all, Very cool about finding all these in the park! I'm in the process of updating the charts and maps for your new Cruiser and Red Rock records. Paul...
FYI - this is an email from the worldwide Odonata-L group. If you keep any specimens or exuviae, it has good information. Kathy ... Chris: For adults in...
... Dear Kathy Biggs, My name is Eben Gering, I am a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin. I'm studying the evolutionary dynamics of invasive...
August 16, 2008 Riverside County Peter Siminski Dos Palmas Preserve, Dos Palmas oasis and fish ponds; -150' Elev., 8:30-11:30, 90-100F, cloudless, gentle...
August 17, 2008 Lindo Lake, Lakeside, CA (East end creek) Common Green Darner 5m Flame Skimmer 3m Mexican Amberwing 5m 1f Western Pondhawk 2m 2f Blue Dasher...
I was watching a pair of Mexican Amberwings today at Santee Lakes (Lake #5). When the female was laying her eggs with the male hovering nearby. She would lay...
Hello all, I've put the scans of the specimens collected in a folder on CalOdes: http://pets.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/photos/browse/ad03?c= The folder...
I added some of our own snapshots to the CalOdes photo file "Modoc Blitz": http://pets.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/photos/browse/ad03?b=65&m=t&o=0 Such...
Alas, the season is winding down. Please check your sightings against known late dates (excel chart in CalOdes File Folder). Here are some dates that may be...
Hi all, Spent an hour and a half at Finney Lake at sunset yesterday focus on birding. Odonates observed were only the obvious ones and did not do any in depth...
It is time for another issue of ARGIA and I would like to solicit any articles, notes, or other information that you think the readers might enjoy. You can...
This may be of interest to only a few, but it is relevant to the issue of public assess to dragonfly "hot spots," so to speak. Earlier this month, in a longer...
Hi all, On the Blitz, it was asked if there was an 'official' CA dragonfly checklist. There was, but I hadn't updated it in at least 2 years. It was originally...
Dave and I lead a trip to Spring Lake for the Laguna Docents. We had fine weather, upper 80s with a slight breeze. Despite our worries, quite a few species...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CalOdes group. File : /Ode...
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With the recent reports of Great Spreadwing, Shadow Darner, Serpent Ringtail and the Blitz's Cherry-faced Meadowhawk, we're up to 101 species reported as...