Hi all, Just a week ago today 12 intrepid folks arrived in Trinity County for our (almost) annual blitz. This county has been sort of a 'black hole' in the...
June 25, 2010 Cherry Hill Campground and vicinity, 3:00-6:30, partly sunny, 75-70 degrees. Vivid Dancer 6 Western Red Damsel 1F Black Petaltail >25* Males...
Today I found about a dozen or so Black Petaltail at a hillside spring in south central Shasta County (elev. ~3700'). Ray Bruun Shingletown, Shasta County, CA...
For those of you who stay connected using Facebook, The Dragonfly Society of the Americas now has a Facebook group page. Information and links relating to the...
July 6, 2010 Westside Main Canal, at the Highway 98 bridge crossing, from the north side of the bridge to a footbridge spanning the canal two/tenths of a mile...
Spent this afternoon with Chris Beatty, wife Katy, and 3 high school interns looking for Black Petaltails at MM10 seep/ponds and at the Modini Ranch, both off...
Gary's report adds 3 more species to this year's flight list - we're up to 70 species flying. But it's hard to believe that Gary's is the first report of a ...
*****Hi all, I just wanted to announce a free program about Ponds and Dragonflies and a fee workshop on Dragonflies being given in southern Oregon later this...
I looked for odonates at a number of Modoc County locations on 2-3 July, finding 34 species (plus Spiny Baskettail at Blue Lake in Lassen County). Because I...
Wilson Lake, Tehama County CA 03 July 2010 Emerald Spreadwing - 1 dancer sp. - 70 Black Petaltail - 1 male (ph); Tim Manolis informs me that this is a ...
Must be a hot year for Black Petaltail. I was returning home from Butte County today and decided to take the scenic route. Proceeded up Skyway from Paradise,...
Ray and all, What wonderful news! I sure hope to find more Petaltails on our Siskiyou Institute workshop this year. And, that is the first Hoary Skimmer of the...
July 10, 2010 Riverside County Peter Siminski Dos Palmas Oasis and Fish Ponds, Dos Palmas Preserve, Elev. -100'; 7:10-11:30, 86-102F, 20-60% stratocumulus,...
Hi all: Last Friday (6/9), four Serpent Ringtails were flying along Matilija Creek in Ventura County. This location is one mile west of Matilija Dam, along...
All: I went up to the Caliente Hot Springs, Mono Debris Dam, and the extreme upper Santa Ynez River just below Jameson Lake in the remote SE area of Santa...
My apologies for this late post. On 10 July, I held a dragonfly watching workshop at Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, sponsored by Mendocino Audubon Society,...
Over the years, I have seen Red-tailed Pennants in very few places in San Diego County, and I consider them to be very uncommon. 2 Locations that I have seen...
Hi. Yesterday I was at Ft. Point, for the San Francisco Forktail. There were lots of them, both males and females, in the ditch by the road to the Fort, just ...
Hi, I am new to the list, so let's see if this works... I'm a teenager in my first year of serious interest in Odonata, so my identifications may not be 100%...
Hi Lori, And welcome! There is a saying in birding that works just as well in oding. The difference between an expert and a novice is that the expert has...
Yesterday, 17 July, I led a Sacramento Audubon field trip to see odonates along Bear Creek in Colusa County (along Bear Valley Road just north of Hwy 20), and...
Hi all, On July 22nd my husband Dave and I went exploring in the Medicine Lake Highlands area. We first went to Pumice Stone Well for dragonflies, Fairy Shrimp...
Noah, WELCOME! It's wonderful to have some 'younger blood' reporting here! And I apologize for not writing to you sooner (I'm the 'group owner/administrator'),...
Hello all, We had a great time teaching dragonflies to folks from CA, OR and WA last weekend. I believe the info below includes one new Josephine Co....
Hello all, Please pardon any cross posting, but I'm sending this report to all who attended our dragonfly workshop, the Siskiyou Field Institute, the Northwest...
Hi all, I've had 88 species reported as flying, but that includes only ONE whiteface, the Dot-tailed!! Amazing year!! Thanks to all who have sent in reports!! ...
... Hopefully, this isn't a problem for anyone, but we'll be moving Aeshna Blitz back because of schedule conflicts for some core participants. The last I...
A head's up as ANTILLEAN SADDLEBAGS has been seen recently in Pinal Co, AZ and that isn't all that far, as the dragon flies, from CA!! Pierre has a page up...
