Hi Oders! (Bill Gates says that should be spelled otherwise). A little Harbor Pk. (S.LA Co.) Ode update.... Feb. 21 7 Varigated Meadowhawk - 1 female...
D. Heindel
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Mar 1, 2003 6:22 pm
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Those are the first Green Darners of Spring! Yahoo! AND, if any of you are in the Sacramento area or have friends there, I'll be giving a free program on...
Hi folks: I managed to corral a teneral male Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) in our backyard this afternoon. He was having difficulties with a spider's web...
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Mar 4, 2003 1:58 am
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Hi all, I've added several dragonfly related events to my CA Dragonflies "Programs" site, including one in Marin County with David Herlocker. If you or any...
Hello everyone! 1). I received two reports yesterday of California Darners (Aeshna californica) on the wing! One by Bob Behrstock, two seen near Pt. Reyes in...
Hi Oders, I just saw the first damsel I've seen this year at KMHRP (Harbor Pk.) in S. LA Co..... and the first since early October... It was rather colorless,...
D. Heindel
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Mar 6, 2003 10:52 pm
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Today (3/6/03), I saw a single male California Darner along Lichau Road in Sonoma County. There was also a teneral damselfly that might have been a Bluet. ...
Dear Odesters, Went on a hike today on the Steep Ravine Trail off Panoramic Hwy, (about 1.5 mi East of Hwy. 1 at Stinson Beach), Marin Co, CA. Saw four Vivid...
Hi All, Ray Bruun and I went back to Turtle Bay East Fishing Access in Redding today and found 23 Pacific Forktails (all adults, 4-5 females) on 2 ponds. We...
How many reasons can we think of for peace? At least a thousand come to mind instantly; preventing environmental catastrophy, saving innocent lives, conserving...
Hi all, Six to Eight Pacific Forktail (Ischnura cervula) at KMHRP (Harbor Pk.) today!!!! This is southern Los Angeles County. The border of Wilmington and...
D. Heindel
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Mar 9, 2003 2:15 am
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Hi all, Yesterday, I inspected two ponds along Battle Creek just downstream the Coleman Fish Hatchery in southern Shasta County. I also checked the creek. ...
Pretty sure I've got em id'd right. The terminal appendages match up and they have the four blue spots on dorsal thorax surface. No Anisoptera yet. I'm...
If you ordered one copy, it went out in today's mail via 'media mail' and should be YOURS within the week! --- right when the sun comes out after this storm!...
Hello CalOders, In hopes of seeing some of the season's first dragonflies, I went for a leisurely stroll around Lake Ralphine in Santa Rosa (Sonoma Co.). I ...
Folks, The first odonate of the year was a surprise, a teneral Sympetrum illotum at the Half Moon Bay Flower Nurseries, at the upper part of the Pilarcitos...
Hi Al and all, Well, that's the species I was thinking I might possibly find at Lake Ralphine, and didn't! So, I guess your Cardinal Meadowhawk is actually the...
I've got a male Cardinal Meadowhawk claiming a territory on the pond RIGHT NOW! (Sebastopol) ... Kathy Ps. And a red squirrel is washing his acorns or his face...
Hi all, It was pretty exciting yesterday to find a Cardinal Meadowhawk here on the pond, and even more exciting to find many emerging at a friend's nearby...
Dear Odesters, Spent several hours this afternoon at the east end of Alpine Lake. The entrance is on Sky Oaks Rd, (c. 1.5 mi S of Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in...
Hi all, I fly fished Grace Lake yesterday. After an hour of futile casting, I began searching for odes (not really expecting to find any yet because of the...
HI all, yesterday, Friday 3/21, I got 90 minutes at KMHRP (Harbor Pk.) in So. LA Co.. There was: sps. 1) 1 male Green Darner - Anax junius sps. 2) 1 Variegated...
D. Heindel
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Mar 23, 2003 3:07 am
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Dear All, Because some NW Lepsters have indicated an interest in odonates, because some Cal-Odesters have expressed an interest in leps, and because I'm short...
Thought some one (or more) of you might be interested. Let me know if you buy it.... Kathy Subject: Needham & Westfall Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:52:34 -0800 ...
Hello all, I had another opportunity to spend an hour or so walking around Lake Ralphine in eastern Santa Rosa around noon today. Although it was quite windy,...
Dear Odesters, Visited Rodeo Lagoon today. The freshwater marsh across Bunker Rd. from the east end of the (saline) lagoon is good odonate habitat. Near the...
Hi y'all! For an hour now there has been a Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea) hunting the lee side of my bottlebrush. This is in Torrance, in S. L.A. Co.. I...
D. Heindel
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Mar 27, 2003 9:05 pm
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Dear Odesters, I spent three hours mid-day today at Marin County Open Space District's newly acquired Bahia property (northern Novato). The site is about 1 to...
Oakley; Contra Costa Co. Definitely an Aeshna. Probably multicolor. Watched it patrol until it landed in tall grass. Got close enough to see that it was...
