Hello, Just picked up the common dragonflies of CA pocketguide by Kathy Biggs, and later visited the website. My interest in dragonflies is multifaceted (like ...
Hi all, I just finished downloading and setting up an odonata database using Avisys. Avisys is primarily a bird sighting/tracking software, but there are also...
Read this to lighten your winter day (unless you're 'down under'): Our son sent us these 'lyrics.' Read/sing them to the tune of the 1960 pop hit "Oh Donna" by...
Something of concern is the effects of pesticides on the Odonata population. The life cycles of Odons and other beneficial predator insects are usually longer...
Malathion (1,594 acres) and diazinon (2,696 acres) are still being used in Tehama County (and Shasta). It has been known since the 1970's that these ...
Hi all! I've added a few more files to our "LINKS" section at CalOdes. Just click on "LINKS" on the bar on the left side of the screen at our main CalODes...
Received a copy of a new book on dragonflies and their associations in our human culture. It is "Spinning Jenny and Devil's Darning Needle" by M. Jill Lucas....
Hello all and esp. Odonata photographers! I am finishing my new book, "Common Dragonflies of the Southwest, A Beginner's Pocket Guide." The book is in need of...
This message was originally published on the Odonata-l group, but I know ... Subject: [Odonata-l] diversity maps published Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:24:07...
Nicely detailed map! Seems like the areas with highest species biodiversity coincide with low lying wetland areas. The county in Southeastern Arizona seems...
Hello all, Just a quick note concerning a recent hike on the Fort Ord Public Lands near Portola and Reservation Rd. south of Salinas, Monterey Co., CA. ...
Hello all, If any of you have looked at my web site and noticed the wonderful piece of artwork entitled "California Butterflies". It was done by Greg Martin....
If i wanted to have an organic (without synthetic chemicals) garden, with dragonflies as resident predator insects, what size (WxLxD) pond would be needed? ...
Hi! I recommend you visit my pond site (in my signature below). It will answer many of your questions. You should also visit the BDS (British Dragonfly...
Hi all, It's been mentioned many times during the current discussion on record validation on the Odonata list that many of us are longing to see real live...
Hi all, A few late reports! On Jan 13 and 15, while leading birding field trips for the ABA Conference at the Salton Sea, we had two individual Variegated ...
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This morning at the Greenwood Cemetery in San Diego, I observed over 30~40 Pacific Forktails in the large pond. Some were breeding. This is a known year-round...
Great Doug! I've started the 03 sightings site now. With the warm weather here in Sonoma Co. I'm hoping we'll have I. cervula flying this month too! Kathy Ps....
Doug, Next year please try to document the Pacific Forktails there in January as the species has never been recorded in January in CA and that would be new...
Hello all, Whoops! I was looking at the OLD flight season chart and didn't catch that Doug had seen Pacific Forktails last Jan. 12th, which did determine that...
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Cool. Thanks. RAB Robert A. Behrstock Naturewide Images 1511 Casa Buena Dr. Corte Madera, CA 94925 Phone: (415) 945-9073 ... From: CalOdes@yahoogroups.com To:...
Hi All, Rod Miller just called to say that while working along Ross Rd. (out of Sebastopol, Sonoma Co.) today, he saw his first dragonfly of the year: an...
I had my first ode today, too. Unfortunately, I haven't a clue what it was. It went flying over my head from behind and disappeared immediately. It was a...
Hello all, On Feb. 4, I collected a female dragonfly that I believe to be a Cardinal Meadowhawk on the CSUMB campus (Monterey Co.). The individual is...
Hi all! In celebration of the beginning of the CA dragonfly flight season, I have begun to take orders on the NEW book: "Dragonflies and Damselflies of...
Dear Odesters: Today I participated in a walk with the Marin Co. Open Space District to the Rush Creek wetlands east of 101 and north of Atherton Ave. (NE ...
Interesting! Did the Variegated Meadowhawks appear 'fresh' or 'leftover'?? Kathy Ps. checked out the Laguna Wetlands Park here in Sebastopol, Sonoma Co. on...
I thought this message, from the Sonoma Wildlife Discussion Group might ... Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 14:55:20 -0800 From: Zeno Swijtink <swijtink@...> ...
