http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/photos/album/645635675/pic/1877740536/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=21&count=20&dir=asc See above link,...
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Gary Suttle
odonatophilia
Mar 4, 2010 1:51 am
March 3, 2010 Poway, backyard pond, 9:10-5:30 off and on, 56-61, partly sunny, cool breezes. Cardinal Meadowhawk 1 Observed emergence! Gary Suttle...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 4, 2010 2:19 am
Way too cool!! That's a new early date, IF we don't count a 1/20/1900 date - which I think might be a late date anyway. Raining cats and dogs here!! Ready to...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Mar 4, 2010 3:54 am
Hi Caloders-- I really enjoyed reading both Gary's and Paul's posts on their first "Spring-type" sightings of the year!  It gets my urge to rush outside...
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Don Roberson
creagrus1
Mar 4, 2010 9:41 pm
On a sunny noon today, between drenching rainstorms yesterday and (if the prediction is right) tomorrow, there were at least 4 Pacific Forktail in my favorite...
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nnamfoh@...
davidhofmann08
Mar 4, 2010 10:07 pm
Hi CalOders, I just got home from the Bodega Bay area and read Don's report of Pacific Forktails in Monterey County. At the area around Hole-in-the-Head I had...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 4, 2010 11:26 pm
Wonderful that the Odes are making their appearances. David - early date for Pacific Forktail for Sonoma is 2/4/03 - but still the first damsel of the year for...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 7, 2010 10:12 pm
Hi all, Well, David's report of seeing Pacific Forktails at Bodega Bay coupled with today's wonderful sunny, low 60s F day inspired Dave and I to go out to...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 8, 2010 12:25 am
It looks like several of us are spending these dreary days reassesing our collections! Here's another new, but old, county record....this one for Pacific ...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 10, 2010 3:08 am
Hi all, Please read this if you are one of the many people who have searched for dragonflies (or even butterflies or birds) on Pine Flat Rd. The ponds at MM10...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 12, 2010 3:24 am
Hello all, Below is a copy of the letter I have sent to BLM about the destruction of the MM10 ponds and seep. The letter has been sent to Rich Burns in Ukiah...
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Peter Siminski
ennui5
Mar 15, 2010 1:06 am
March 14, 2010 Riverside County Peter Siminski Dos Palmas Oasis and Fish Ponds, Dos Palmas Preserve, Elev. -100'; 9:30-14:20, 65-75F, cloudless, gentle to...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 15, 2010 7:57 pm
As of Peter's report, there have been 15 species reported as flying. It would be nice if everyone could report their first of year (FOY) for their county, so...
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Gary Suttle
odonatophilia
Mar 16, 2010 11:58 pm
March 16, 2010 Elfin Forest Preserve, Escondido Creek, 11:45-12:15, sunny, moderate wind, 79 degrees. American Rubyspot 1M Vivid Dancer several Escondido,...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 17, 2010 8:42 pm
Yay - I just had my first damselfly of the year on the backyard pond here in Sebastopol - a young male-colored female, still orange behind the eyes!! Kathy -- ...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 17, 2010 11:31 pm
Being enthusiastic after seeing that young female Pacific Forktail at our own pond, we decided to use it as an excuse to go walk around Lake Ralphine in Santa...
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Gary Suttle
odonatophilia
Mar 18, 2010 2:07 am
March 17, 2010 Poway Community Park, Rattlesnake Creek, 12:15-12:30, clear, calm, 81 degrees. Black-fronted Forktail 20+ tandem, ovipositing Counted...
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Zeno Swijtink
swijtink
Mar 19, 2010 4:21 am
Do we observe habitat loss in the CalOdes area? - Zeno *** http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100316/tts-environment-biodiversity-species-iuc-c1b2fc3.html Habitat...
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zsgavilan71
Mar 19, 2010 6:08 am
For what it's worth, I had a few Pacific forktails along Putah Creek today west of Davis. I was in search of early dragonfly sightings, in addition to...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 19, 2010 10:29 pm
Funny that Zack was thinking about Exclamation Damsels - I was too, although I always am, because it's my 'totem' ode!! What's yours? Share and tell time! ...
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ylightfoot@...
clubskimmer
Mar 19, 2010 11:11 pm
Hi Kathy: I picked up an Exclamation Damsel today (3/19), too, though only one, a teneral individual along the American River Parkway at the usual spot, the ...
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mathesont
Mar 20, 2010 2:38 am
Hiked much of the northern side of Briones RP yesterday. Checked six ponds and several creeks but the only ode was a single fresh variegated meadowhawk...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 20, 2010 7:27 pm
Happy First Day of Spring - our friend Gloria just called to say they have the first Cardinal Meadowhawk of the year (for them) emerging from their Sebastopol...
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Gary Suttle
odonatophilia
Mar 20, 2010 11:14 pm
March 20, 2010 Elfin Forest Preserve, Escondido Creek, 1:30-2:30, sunny with a few high clouds, soft breeze, 78 degrees. American Rubyspot 4 M 1F Vivid...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 21, 2010 8:24 pm
I'm pasting in a letter I just received from the state BLM ecologist Jame Weigand. I'll be out of town and off the grid this next week, but would appreciate...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Mar 21, 2010 10:26 pm
Fri, 19 March 2010 -- It finally warmed up and the sky was bright and clear. I played hookey from working and walked up to the undisturbed pond across from...
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mathesont
Mar 23, 2010 1:57 am
Backyard 1300-1330, 68 degrees, sunny, calm Blue-eyed Darner - 1 male Rob Thomas Martinez...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 30, 2010 6:52 pm
Good news!! Just got off the phone from talking to Rich Burns at BLM. They have received 1.2 million $$ in stimulus money to clean up two mercury mine sites,...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 30, 2010 6:58 pm
Hello all, I've just CCed a copy of a letter to several Audubon leaders who are helping with the effort to protect the breeding grounds of the Petaltail, hoary...
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Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
bigsnest
Mar 31, 2010 10:20 pm
Hello all, I've been working on lists of sites with great Ode diversity. Here's a list of the sites that I've come up with so far (sort of surprising!). But...
