Just finished our first dragonfly walk of the season. Had roughly 45 people turn out which is a tremendous turnout. Sometimes with large crowds its hard to...
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 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, 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, 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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
Hello everyone! Plans are slowly brewing for the CalOdes Blitz IV - all Californians, & other folks who are interested (and especially you southwest folks) are...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Thanks to Robert Larsen for reminding me about these new NM records: For Santa Fe County Jerry Hatfield had photographed Libellula quadrimaculata and Libellula...
Hello everyone, Below please find the new California and greater Southwest records that have come to light this last quarter of 2007: *Scientific Name:*/...
I was reading the Behrstock, Danforth, and Upson paper on the Chihuahua State in the Bulletin of American Odonatology which arrived last Monday. I remembered...
Just wanting to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, & Best Festivus. I also want to thank you for belonging to this Group and making it a success....
Hi All: With night temperatures hovering around freezing for the past few days, the odds of anything left out there did not seem all that good. And yet... a...
Hi all, I've got two copies of the Dragonflies of North America Color and Learn CD where the label and jewel-case are not perfect, and therefore I can't sell...
Hi all, Response has been a little slow for volunteers to lead dragonfly walks for the '08 season. Yes, I tend to schedule way ahead! Please check out the...
Hi All: I spent a couple of hours yesterday afternoon (12/15: Sunny, calm, 60 F; 1:15-3:30 PM) along the Wild Horse Pass stream just S. of Phoenix, AZ, where...
