I saw the following in northeastern Modoc County 27-28 Sep.: 27 Sep 2008 (sunny, temp 55 F at 0915, warming to low 80s in afternoon): Modoc NWR auto tour loop...
Good evening Ode enthusiasts, Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to COLLECT one of the 'oddball' 12/8/Whitetail 'spotted-winged' skimmers! If you...
I returned to Darwin Falls to see if the abberant Twelve-spotted Skimmer was still around, but was not surprised that it couldn't be found. October 3, 2008 ...
I checked Dirty Socks Spring and Cottonwood Marsh at Owen's Lake today, and found a single male Desert Whitetail (Plathemis subornata) at Cottonwood Marsh....
October 9, 2008 Escondido, Jack Creek/Dixon Lake 9:45:00am-12:30pm, clear, light breeze, 72-79 degrees. California Spreadwing 1 Vivid Dancer numerous Tule...
well folks, the current issue of Argia is out with the story of our Modoc adventure. Unfortunately, there no images published with it, and I sent images like...
Hi Doug and all, I wonder if our problem with the pix is that they need them sent as a separate file, not embedded in the word doc? I noticed that they don't...
Hi all, Dave and I were invited on a tour on Pine Flat Rd out of Healdsburg late afternoon yesterday. We're joining a steering committee to help protect and...
Please check to see if you've seen any of these species since the last date I have recorded for this year: * Western River Cruiser *- Last report *7/26*,...
* Western River Cruiser* - new late date for 2008 - *8/24 *- thanks Steve R! * Giant Darner* - last seen on *9/13;* latest ever reported 9/24/2007 *...
*Forgot to send these species' dates: Mountain Emerald* - last date reported *8/11* on Blitz, latest date ever reported 8/25/1998 * Ringed Emerald *- ONLY...
Updates: * Variable Darner - 9/27* - Thanks Steve! *Brimstone Clubtail - 7/31* - Thanks John! Last last dates email until the end of the season unless other...
Had some time on Sunday and decided to see if anything interesting was flying in the Imperial Dam area. The winds were high, so it was pretty much a blow-out,...
Dave and I went to Fairfield Osborn Preserve, just to the little creek above the marsh, and got pix of Great Spreadwings Wednesday. Still saw only 2 males and...
Hi all, Help! I was looking thru some old records and came across a set of 4 photographs of a Walker's Darner pinned male specimen. The images have the...
Hi all, I stopped by the pond at Cayuse River Access along the Klamath River on Friday afternoon about 3pm. The surface of the pond is totally covered with...
October 19, 2008 Riverside County Peter Siminski Dos Palmas Preserve, Dos Palmas oasis and fish ponds, Elev. -90' to -125'; 8:00-11:50, 62-92F, cloudless to...
Peter and all, That's now the latest ever date for Marl Pennant by 10 days from 2006's prior late date. Peter's Sept 20 Citrine Forktail & Sept 18 report of...
One of our new dragonfly enthusiasts, Alice Cavette, has taken a short movie of a damselfly cleaning itself. First it strongly arches & waves its body, wiping...
Hi all, Spent Sunday running the eastern deserts of Imperial County. Made only one stop on the Colorado River about three miles north of where Indian Pass hits...
October 20, 2008 San Pasqual-Clevenger Canyon (North Trail), Santa Ysabel Creek, mostly dry streambed, with a few tiny pools upstream from cement crossing. ...
All, Last Saturday I was fortunate to be able to return to a site on private property that I have reported from in the past. It is in Western Fresno County...
Hi all, A very bright lone male Variegated Meadowhawk has been hanging out in the weed patch next to our office in El centro for three days now. (!__!) (0V0)...
Dave and I took a leisurely walk around Lake Ralphine in Santa Rosa this afternoon to see what was still out - we were pleasantly surprised, but I'll tell you...
All, One of the images I posted in my CalOdes photos folder shows a tandem pair of Archilestes. The male is A. grandis and the female is A. californicus....
October 26, 2008 Imperial County Peter Siminski Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, the ditch south of the head quarters, Elev. -233'; 10:00-11:15, ~75F,...
Hi all, Some interesting odes this weekend. Found a life ode in a California Spreadwing on Audubon's Kern River Preserve. Saw what may have been a Walker's...
All, I spent yesterday in the South Wilderness area of Pinnacles Natioonal Monument in San Benito Co. The stream there has some lush perennial sections, in...
25 Oct 2008 Salinas wastewater ponds; this is a permit-only access site 1030-1230; with Rita Carratello these odes seen while birding (numbers could easily...
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