Hello, odonatophiles. A colleague of mine, nature writer and photographer Whit Bronaugh, just sent me a copy of his recently published book and asked that I ...
In answer to a post/query by Dennis Paulson I checked my Sightings websites for winter records that might include behavior, etc. *February 3, 2007* *_Riverside...
Hi All: Intrigued by a couple of recent postings, my wife and I spent a couple of hours this afternoon (01/11: 2:30-4:15 PM; 60 F, sunny, no wind) along the...
HI, Pierre. That's good information. Indeed they look too fresh to have emerged in, say, Idaho in August and been hanging around southern Arizona ever since....
Hello, In November I had the opportunity to visit California with my parents. As expected we did not see a lot of dragonflies anymore. Nevertheless we were...
Hi all, It turns out that there is some debate on the ID of this female damsel, so please don't change the early flight date for Rambur's forktail for now. ...
Dear Odesters, First, I apologize for a three list cross posting. Please note the following event: DRAGONFLY DAYS 2008 From May 15-18, Estero Llano Grande...
Hello all, I've started adding events to the Programs and Field Trips link from my CA Dragonfly Website. If you are leading a trip, giving a program, or know...
Hi All: I spent a couple of hours today (01/19; 1:30-3:15 PM; sunny, calm, 65 F) along the Wild Horse Pass stream just S. of Phoenix, AZ, where four species...
Hi Pierre and all, Yes, that is way early date for AZ; old date was 3/13/AZ. But it's even early for the whole SouthWest, old date was from NM - 2/21/rl...
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Dear Odonatist: To make room at the FSCA/IORI collection, I am having a clearance sale on all back issues of Odonotologica (back issues from the beginning...
Hi there, hiked behind the Superstitions on February 2, 2008. The Variegated Measdowhawks were spotted on the Second Water Trail just West of the Black Mesa...
Hi Everyone, It is time for another issue of ARGIA and I would like to solicit any articles, notes, or other information that you think the readers might...
Yesterday was a Filigree Skimmer day - no, no one in CA found a new one, but I was sent a letter about a 2nd female photographed in 2004 in CA. I'll paste the...
Hello everyone! Plans are slowly brewing for the CalOdes Blitz IV - all Californians, & other folks who are interested (and especially you southwest folks) are...
Hi everyone, We're already heard from ~13-14 folks who are interested in attending the blitz - some from NY, AZ, OR, and of course CA! Here's the text I just...
Since Peter Siminski's CA Dancer sighting was just about 2 months earlier than previous early date (April) and the Paiute Dancer was just about a whole month...
Hello all, I'm working on the yearly 'clean-up' on the distribution maps and charts. There's some confusion as to whether there is any record for Giant Darner,...
Hi All: I spent a couple of hours this morning (03/29; sunny and clear, light breeze, ~80 F) along the Wild Horse Pass stream just S. of Phoenix, AZ. Ode...
I think it's interesting that both Common Green Darners and Variegated Meadowhawks are breeding at the southern end of their range in the US right now. This...
Hi Dennis: No idea what's up with the Meadowhawks. At Wild Horse Pass, which I visit pretty regularly, a number of individuals were present throughout fall and...
http://southwestdragonflies.net/damsels/DuskyDancers_AZ_PD.html Hi all, Pierre Deviche sent me several Dusky Dancer images, which I've posted on the SW website...
Hi all, I spent the last 2 hours at our friend's, the Conley's, pond, where so many Cardinal Meadowhawks are emerging. What a fantastic experience. We got...
Hi all, Just checked Peter Siminski's images of Bleached Skimmers from Dos Palmas on 4-6-08 against the SoWest chart. That is even way earlier than the 5/3/07...
Hi all, Sorry about all the posts - but I'll be gone for a week so it won't keep up! Anyway, Dennis Paulson is no longer updating the western distribution maps...
Hi all, Peter Siminski's double-striped bluets are another much earlier than ever before seen date. His pictures are from far away and very poor (I know we...
Hi Kathy, I think you already posted some flight season dates for the Bleached Skimmer for Nevada. One was from Jim Johnson for Humboldt County, Nevada on...
Hi all, Went out leping today and figured I may as well look for odes as well as leps. Things are still pretty slow but did see the following: Queen Creek ...
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