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01 Sep [Fwd: [Odonata-l] Russet-tipped Clubtail (S. plagiatus) = RFI] [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
01 Sep Re: Binoculars [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
1 Sep Re: Re: Binoculars [Pete Spino ]
01 Sep Re: Binoculars ["jedibirder" ]
01 Sep Binoculars ["Gary Suttle" ]
31 Aug binouculars [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
30 Aug RE: Tahoe stuff ["Jim Johnson" ]
30 Aug Re: Re: [SoWestOdes] Re: dragonfly migration [Dennis Paulson ]
30 Aug late dates [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
30 Aug Re: Tahoe stuff [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
30 Aug Tahoe stuff [Will Richardson ]
28 Aug Fwd: Orr Lake [Ray Bruun ]
28 Aug Orr Lake [Ray Bruun ]
28 Aug Fwd: dragonfly migration [Dennis Paulson ]
28 Aug Re: Re: [SoWestOdes] Re: dragonfly migration [Zachary Smith ]
28 Aug Re: [SoWestOdes] Re: dragonfly migration [Dennis Paulson ]
28 Aug Re: dragonfly migration ["Hank Brodkin" ]
27 Aug RE: Fwd: dragonfly migration ["Lethaby, Nick" ]
25 Aug San Diego County ["Gary Suttle" ]
25 Aug 100 species [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
24 Aug Cherry-faced Meadowhawks [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
24 Aug Re:Re: Variegated Meadowhawks - MEN County [Karen Havlena ]
24 Aug Re: Variegated Meadowhawks - MEN County []
24 Aug Variegated Meadowhawks - MEN County [Karen Havlena ]
24 Aug Dfly migration [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
24 Aug Re: Golf [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
24 Aug Re: Golf [Bob Miller ]
23 Aug Re: Golf [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
22 Aug Siskiyou County II [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
19 Aug Tahoe micro-blitz [Will Richardson ]
19 Aug Siskiyou County [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
19 Aug Re: More Eel River Sites, Mendocino Co. [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
16 Aug Re: Golf [Ed Whisler ]
16 Aug Golf [Bob Miller ]
15 Aug More Eel River Sites, Mendocino Co. [George Chaniot ]
14 Aug Riverside County Odes ["Peter Siminski" ]
11 Aug Try Wing Vein Coloration to Separate Argia agrioides and A. nahuana ["Jim Johnson" ]
11 Aug Try Wing Vein Coloration to Separate Argia agrioides and A. nahuana ["Jim Johnson" ]
7 Aug Sobey Pond, Santa Clara County ["Steve Rottenborn" ]
07 Aug Re: Spot-winged Gliders- MEN- Ten Mile Rvr (Specimen) [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
07 Aug Marin County/Pt. Reyes Field Seminar workshop [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
7 Aug Spot-winged Gliders- MEN- Ten Mile Rvr (Specimen) [Karen Havlena ]
05 Aug Re: Eel River, Mendocino Co. [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
05 Aug Eel River, Mendocino Co. [George Chaniot ]
04 Aug Wildlife Extra News - White-faced darter dragonfly reintroduced into Cumbria [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
3 Aug Stylurus olivaceus emergence -- American River -- 3 August 2010 [3 Attachments] []
02 Aug Calaveras County [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
02 Aug Re: Darners and Gliders [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
02 Aug Re: Gliders migration [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
02 Aug Gliders migration ["Doug" ]
1 Aug Darners and Gliders [Lori Arthur ]
1 Aug Notes from the field -- 22 through 30 July, 2010 []
29 Jul New county record reports [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
26 Jul Re: 19-species day in Pleasanton/Livermore [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
26 Jul 19-species day in Pleasanton/Livermore [Lori Arthur ]
26 Jul Re: Sight Record Hit List [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
26 Jul RE: Sight Record Hit List ["John Sterling" ]
26 Jul Sight Record Hit List [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
26 Jul Re: various sightings from this week [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
26 Jul July odes in Kern County [Ali Sheehey ]
25 Jul various sightings from this week [Lori Arthur ]
25 Jul FW: Riverside County Odes ERROR ["Peter Siminski" ]
25 Jul Riverside County Odes ["Peter Siminski" ]
25 Jul [Fwd: [SoWestOdes] 25 July 2010: Pinal Co., AZ.] [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
25 Jul Re: OR Dragonfly Blitz [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
24 Jul Flight data [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
23 Jul Josephine Co, OR (workshop) [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
23 Jul Siskiyou Dragonfly Workshop [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
23 Jul Re: Pleasanton sightings yesterday [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
23 Jul Medicine Lake Highlands (CA) [Kathy &/or Dave Biggs ]
18 Jul Bear Creek, Colusa County -- 17 July 2010 []
16 Jul Re: Pleasanton sightings yesterday [Bob Miller ]
13 Jul Pleasanton sightings yesterday [Lori Arthur ]
16 Jul Ft. Point yesterday [Lori Arthur ]
16 Jul 07/15/10: West Pond, Imperial Co., CA ["pierrebirding" ]
16 Jul Red-tailed Pennant in San Diego County ["Doug" ]

Subject: [Fwd: [Odonata-l] Russet-tipped Clubtail (S. plagiatus) = RFI]
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:42:08 -0700

Some of you may want to submit data on this species.
Cheers!!
Kathy

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[Odonata-l] Russet-tipped Clubtail (S. plagiatus) = RFI
Date: 	Wed, 1 Sep 2010 20:02:51 -0400
From: 	Darrin O'Brien 
To: 	odonata listserv 



  We're gathering info on Russet-tipped Clubtails (Stylurus plagiatus).  
Please see the link below for further information.

http://urbanodes.blogspot.com/2010/08/rfi-russet-tipped-clubtail-habitat.html

-- 

Darrin O'Brien
Dearborn, MI
Subject: Re: Binoculars
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:22:33 -0700
Thanks everyone!
I think the results of my quest are worth posting to all:
Papilios - 5 outstanding votes.
Eagle Optics Rangers - note that they have a lifetime guarantee and 
quick turn around. Eagle Optics replied to my email in less than 24 hrs.
I'm buying new Papilios and sending my Rangers in for 'repairs' - will 
report back on both once I have both in-hand.
It's amazing how much we know as a group!!
Cheers!!
Kathy

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Subject: Re: Re: Binoculars
From: Pete Spino <petespino8 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:24:54 -0700 (PDT)
Rich, Gary, and Kathy,
Thank you so much for the info on this thread.
This is valuable to me because I also am in the market 
for a good pair within budget. Love the name Papilios!
Obviously these were designed and named with us
bug watchers in mind!

Pete Spino
San Diego





________________________________
From: jedibirder 
To: CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, September 1, 2010 6:45:13 AM
Subject: [CalOdes] Re: Binoculars

  
Hi Kathy (and interested others)

I'll second the Gary's recommendation of Pentax Papilios. I prefer the
6.5x model myself - they have a wider field of view and are bit brighter
in lower light situations. Both models focus to 0.5m. After getting my
pair in 2006, I found  a tired, perched Blue-eyed Darner and focused on
it - WOW! Because of the optical design the images for each eye don't
diverge when focusing really close as you may have found with other
close-focusing binoculars.

The one thing Gary alludes to is they are not really waterproof - but
then you're not really going to be looking for odes when its pouring
rain are you?

Here's a review of the Papilios:
http://www.betterviewdesired.com/Butterfly-Binoculars-From-Pentax.php

The 6.5x21 model is going for $94.99 at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-62215-Papilio-6-5x21-Binocular/dp/B0007TSYCA

I've recommended the Papilios to a number of my naturalist friends and
they are all pleased.

Now if you do a lot of birding as well (more low light situations), then
perhaps you would want a close focusing binocular for those situations
as well, such as the Vortex Fury 6.5 x 32 which is selling at Eagle
Optics for $169.99 (4.9' close focus). I just got a pair for birding.

http://www.eagleoptics.com/binoculars/vortex/vortex-fury-6-5x32-binocular

Rich Schilk
Fullerton, CA

--- In CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com, "Gary Suttle"  wrote:
>
> Hi Kathy and interested others,
>
> Within the mentioned price range, I recommend the Pentax Papilio
8.5x21 binoculars...they're light, compact, and ultra close-focusing
--to within 0.5 m. (20") of the subject.   They have bright, clear
optics for their price.
>
>
> I've had mine for four years and they've worked perfectly...except
when they dropped into a pond because I forgot to re-fasten the case in
excited pursuit of an ode!   Fortunately Pentax has a remarkable Limited
Lifetime Warranty, and for a $19.95 shipping and handling charge, they
repair binoculars at 'no charge,' even when damaged by dropping them on
the ground (or in the water).
>
>
> Here are a couple of links to learn more about them:
>
>
>
http://www.binocular-rankings.com/prod/12699/Pentax-Papilio-8.5x21-Porro-Prism
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-62216-Papilio-8-5x21-Binocular/dp/B0007TSYCK
>
> The current Amazon price is $103.99.
>
>
> Gary Suttle,
>
> Poway, CA
>
Subject: Re: Binoculars
From: "jedibirder" <jedibirder AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:45:13 -0000
Hi Kathy (and interested others)

I'll second the Gary's recommendation of Pentax Papilios. I prefer the
6.5x model myself - they have a wider field of view and are bit brighter
in lower light situations. Both models focus to 0.5m. After getting my
pair in 2006, I found  a tired, perched Blue-eyed Darner and focused on
it - WOW! Because of the optical design the images for each eye don't
diverge when focusing really close as you may have found with other
close-focusing binoculars.

The one thing Gary alludes to is they are not really waterproof - but
then you're not really going to be looking for odes when its pouring
rain are you?

Here's a review of the Papilios:
http://www.betterviewdesired.com/Butterfly-Binoculars-From-Pentax.php

The 6.5x21 model is going for $94.99 at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-62215-Papilio-6-5x21-Binocular/dp/B0007TSYC\
A

I've recommended the Papilios to a number of my naturalist friends and
they are all pleased.

Now if you do a lot of birding as well (more low light situations), then
perhaps you would want a close focusing binocular for those situations
as well, such as the Vortex Fury 6.5 x 32 which is selling at Eagle
Optics for $169.99 (4.9' close focus). I just got a pair for birding.

http://www.eagleoptics.com/binoculars/vortex/vortex-fury-6-5x32-binocula\
r

Rich Schilk
Fullerton, CA

--- In CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com, "Gary Suttle"  wrote:
>
> Hi Kathy and interested others,
>
> Within the mentioned price range, I recommend the Pentax Papilio
8.5x21 binoculars...they're light, compact, and ultra close-focusing
--to within 0.5 m. (20") of the subject.   They have bright, clear
optics for their price.
>
>
> I've had mine for four years and they've worked perfectly...except
when they dropped into a pond because I forgot to re-fasten the case in
excited pursuit of an ode!   Fortunately Pentax has a remarkable Limited
Lifetime Warranty, and for a $19.95 shipping and handling charge, they
repair binoculars at 'no charge,' even when damaged by dropping them on
the ground (or in the water).
>
>
> Here are a couple of links to learn more about them:
>
>
>
http://www.binocular-rankings.com/prod/12699/Pentax-Papilio-8.5x21-Porro\
-Prism
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-62216-Papilio-8-5x21-Binocular/dp/B0007TSYC\
K
>
> The current Amazon price is $103.99.
>
>
> Gary Suttle,
>
> Poway, CA
>
Subject: Binoculars
From: "Gary Suttle" <odonatophilia AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:42:36 -0000
Hi Kathy and interested others,

Within the mentioned price range, I recommend the Pentax Papilio 8.5x21 
binoculars...they're light, compact, and ultra close-focusing --to within 0.5 
m. (20") of the subject. They have bright, clear optics for their price. 


   
I've had mine for four years and they've worked perfectly...except when they 
dropped into a pond because I forgot to re-fasten the case in excited pursuit 
of an ode! Fortunately Pentax has a remarkable Limited Lifetime Warranty, and 
for a $19.95 shipping and handling charge, they repair binoculars at 'no 
charge,' even when damaged by dropping them on the ground (or in the water). 



Here are a couple of links to learn more about them:


http://www.binocular-rankings.com/prod/12699/Pentax-Papilio-8.5x21-Porro-Prism

http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-62216-Papilio-8-5x21-Binocular/dp/B0007TSYCK

The current Amazon price is $103.99. 


Gary Suttle,

Poway, CA
Subject: binouculars
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:24:10 -0700
Hello all,

I'm looking for advice.
My close-focus Eagle Optics Ranger 6X32 binoculars need replacing, and 
we'd like to keep the price quite low.
We found lose-focus Eagle Optics Vortex 8X42 binoculars for about $100 
less than the Rangers. Has anyone had any experience with them?

Any other ideas on inexpensive (under $400) lose-focus binoculars also 
would be appreciated.

Thanks!!
Kathy
Ps. Blue-eyed Darners coming into our Sebastopol pond each morning, 
making a loop or two and then heading south, the same behavior as at 
this time other years....

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Subject: RE: Tahoe stuff
From: "Jim Johnson" <jt_johnson AT comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:06:54 -0700
The unidentified female looks like a Taiga Bluet (Coenagrion resolutum) to
me. They typically have a couple of narrow pale rings near the end of the
abdomen, but I think because of the angle and shallow depth of field those
aren't visible in the photograph.

 

Cheers,

 

Jim Johnson

Vancouver, Washington

jt_johnson AT comcast.net

http://odonata.bogfoot.net/

 

 

From: CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 3:38 PM
To: Will Richardson
Cc: CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CalOdes] Tahoe stuff

 

  

Nice story, great photos....too bad about the wind!
Looks like a lovely and interesting place.
The unidentified female looks like a Swift Forktail - which is the 
latest one has been reported in the last 12 years, although Tim has a 
record for one in a museum collection that is from September. I was 
looking for that species in the Orr Lake vicinity last week, but didn't 
find any.
Cheers!!
Kathy

-- 

Will Richardson wrote:

>Zach Smith and I finally got out for a day of odes last Friday (8/27), 
>but the wind was UP, so between that and the late date, conditions 
>were not ideal. Nonetheless, we had a great excursion to Hell Hole, 
>which is a place I've always wanted to explore. Afterwards, in the 
>late afternoon, I carried on solo to Osgood Swamp. Hell Hole is a 
>fantastic spot, nestled in the south of the Tahoe basin at ~ 
>8500' (approximately due east of Grass Lake, which many of you are 
>familiar with). It has a great variety of ode habitat, mostly 
>comprising flooded meadows with a network of streams of various depth, 
>deep pools and springs, shallow sheet-flow, and standing water. Most 
>of the shallow water has emergent vegetation, but there are definitely 
>a few areas of open water. A creek flows out of the meadow, and is 
>soon joined by several others downstream, and the forested slopes 
>below are dotted with small ponds (some seasonal, some permanent). If 
>anyone is interested in visiting this site, be aware that it is a 
>pretty rough road to get close, there isn't much of a trail beyond the 
>parking area, and the cross-country travel to get up there is quite 
>rugged. Seriously. But, it's a great site with tons of potential, 
>and I will definitely be going back to spend a whole day in this area 
>next July. As far as Friday's outing goes, it seemed like we were a 
>bit behind schedule, and many of the odes were saw were looking pretty 
>ragged. Meadowhawks and spreadwings were the exception, and there 
>were hordes of Black Meadowhawks on the wing, despite the winds.
>
>Hell Hole species list:
>Emerald Spreadwing
>Common Spreadwing (lots!)
>Taiga Bluet
>Northern/Boreal Bluet sp.
>Western Forktail
>Variable Darner
>Mountain Emerald (many)
>Black Meadowhawk (lots!)
>White-faced Meadowhawk (many)
>some other red meadowhawks that we just couldn't get good looks at (or 
>catch) 'cause of the wind; probably Cherry-faced, possibly others. 
>There were tons of yellow meadowhawks around, but the wind made things 
>near-impossible.
>
>Osgood Swamp (where it was even windier):
>Common Spreadwing
>Bluet spp.
>Paddle-tailed Darner (many females ovipositing along the receded 
>shoreline)
>Emerald sp.
>White-faced Meadowhawk
>Eight-spotted Skimmer
>
>I may be forgetting a few, but that's about the gist of it. Pretty 
>underwhelming, I suppose, but a fun day out nonetheless. Some photos 
>can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=198469

&id=173935990027 
>. Any thoughts on the mystery females are welcome! I still want to 
>try to coordinate an odes weekend in Tahoe, so please keep that in 
>mind for next summer. I'll try harder to bite the bullet and pick 
>some dates before the whole season gets too far along.
>
>
>We had some rough weather in the Sierra yesterday, so I went out this 
>morning (8/31) to do a little birding to see what got knocked down. 
>Among the highlights of the morning was a Black Saddlebags at Lake 
>Forest Beach, near Tahoe City. I honestly can't recall if I've seen 
>the species at Tahoe before, but I thought I'd post since it's a 
>fairly high-elevation (~ 6230') for the species according to Manolis' 
>book.
>
>
>Will Richardson
>Truckee, CA
>
Subject: Re: Re: [SoWestOdes] Re: dragonfly migration
From: Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson AT comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:35:36 -0700
Zach, gliders (both species of Pantala) and saddlebags (at least Black and 
possibly Red) surely exhibit some sorts of seasonal movements in the Pacific 
states, but they are much less clear than the two "key" species, perhaps just 
because they are in much smaller numbers. Pantala appear as summer wanderers 
all over the PNW, while Tramea seem to have resident populations, yet T. 
lacerata also appears out of range from time to time, out on the coast. No 
other species does this so obviously. 


I think these movements may be quite different from the ones through the 
Maldives and elsewhere in the tropics, as those seem to be oriented toward 
low-pressure areas to get the dragonflies to areas where rain is falling. What 
we have here may be merely small numbers of individuals pushing the range 
envelope to look for breeding areas. Pantala are such superlative fliers that 
it's no big deal going a few hundred miles or more from wherever they emerged 
to search for breeding habitat. They seem unlikely to breed at the emergence 
site. 


Dennis


On Aug 28, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Zachary Smith wrote:

> What about the gliders? I would think P. flavescens does some sort of 
migration in/through Calif. This just reminded me of the story from the 
Maldives in the Indian Ocean of these things coming and going from the islands 
over many years in large numbers. The link to the story should be back in the 
CalOdes archives from last year, but here's the link to the BBC story in case 
anyone missed it. 

> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8149000/8149714.stm
> 
> Zach Smith
> Davis, Ca. 
> 
> On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Dennis Paulson  
wrote: 

>  
> I was speculating that with global warming, this species might find 
conditions more favorable in the northern part of its range, and even farther 
north than it had previously occurred. If that were the case, this might open 
up extensive new areas of breeding territory and allow a real increase in 
species population size. Perhaps these wetlands would be ideal habitat, and 
breeding would be very successful. Then this would be manifested by larger 
numbers moving south in the fall. Totally speculative, of course, as we don't 
have any information from these northern areas. Hopefully each year will tell 
us more. 

> 
> 
> Dennis
> 
> 
> On Aug 28, 2010, at 8:11 AM, Hank Brodkin wrote:
> 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> Dennis, et al:
>> 
>> Here in SE Arizona this monsoon season we have come across S. corruptum by
>> the hundreds, if not thousands. And not just near water. They seem to be
>> everywhere, even at places like the desert flats (now greened up by some
>> nice rains) in the San Simon Valley east of the Chiricahuas and in the
>> semi-desert grasslands of Ft. Huachuca. I thought perhaps that in past
>> years I just did not notice them - but it is extremely interesting to find
>> out that similar occurrences are in the Northwest this year. Whatever is
>> happening, it is widespread. 
>> I hope no one minds that I cross-posted to SouthWest Odes.
>> 
>> Hank Brodkin 
>> Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
>> 31°26’59.8”N 110°16’02.8”W
>> hbrodkin AT cox.net 
>> "Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide"
>> "Finding Butterflies in Arizona - a Guide to the Best Sites"
>> http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin/ 
>> 
>> 1a. Fwd: dragonfly migration
>> Posted by: "Dennis Paulson" dennispaulson AT comcast.net dennisrpaulson
>> Date: Fri Aug 27, 2010 8:47 am ((PDT))
>> 
>> Hello, all.
>> 
>> Here is a report of what are surely Sympetrum corruptum moving southward
>> along the Washington Cascades. Note the elevation. We often see this species
>> in the mountains of Washington in the fall, usually as individuals scattered
>> all over the landscape far from water, but never anything of this magnitude.
>> I think this is the first evidence for a sustained directional movement of
>> this species anywhere away from the Pacific Northwest coast, where it is an
>> annual event.
>> 
>> If you extrapolate from 300-500/minute, the numbers are staggering. There
>> must be a lot of these dragonflies emerging from British Columbia lakes and
>> ponds! It also sounds as if there was only one obvious species in the
>> movement. We still have no real evidence for migration in any species in the
>> far West but S. corruptum and Anax junius.
>> 
>> Dennis
>> -----
>> Dennis Paulson
>> 1724 NE 98 St.
>> Seattle, WA 98115
>> 206-528-1382
>> dennispaulson AT comcast.net
>> 
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>> 
> 
> -----
> Dennis Paulson
> 1724 NE 98 St.
> Seattle, WA 98115
> 206-528-1382
> dennispaulson AT comcast.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Zach Smith
> Davis, Ca.
> www.sphaelerite.smugmug.com
> www.centvalleyraptor.blogspot.com

-----
Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson AT comcast.net
Subject: late dates
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:09:45 -0700
Will's report contains 2 new late flight dates:
Taiga Bluets - new late date 8/27. Prior late date was 8/14/1999.
Mt. Emerald - new late date 8/27. Former late date was 8/25/1998.

Here is a list of some species, which normally we wouldn't expect to see 
later this year.
I'm listing the latest date they were reported this year, if you have 
seen them after this date this year, please let me know!

River Jewelwing - July 23, 2010
Black Spreadwing - July 20, 2010
Sedge Sprite - has any one found one in CA this year?
Black Petaltail - July 31, 2010
Great Basin Snaketail - July 25, 2010
Sinuous Snaketail - June 15, 2010
Pale Snaketail - July 2, 2010
Desert Spiketail - I know the Oritis found them, but don't have the 
exact dates for this subspecies...
Beaverpond Baskettail - July 10, 2010
Spiny Baskettail - *July 3, 2010 (only report)
* Chalk-fronted Corporal - July 24, 2010

Thanks! We're still at 100 species for the year.

Cheers!!
Kathy

*
*


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Subject: Re: Tahoe stuff
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:37:58 -0700
Nice story, great photos....too bad about the wind!
Looks like a lovely  and interesting place.
The unidentified female looks like a Swift Forktail - which is the 
latest one has been reported in the last 12 years, although Tim has a 
record for one in a museum collection that is from September. I was 
looking for that species in the Orr Lake vicinity last week, but didn't 
find any.
Cheers!!
Kathy

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Will Richardson wrote:

>Zach Smith and I finally got out for a day of odes last Friday (8/27),  
>but the wind was UP, so between that and the late date, conditions  
>were not ideal.  Nonetheless, we had a great excursion to Hell Hole,  
>which is a place I've always wanted to explore.  Afterwards, in the  
>late afternoon, I carried on solo to Osgood Swamp.  Hell Hole is a  
>fantastic spot, nestled in the south of the Tahoe basin at ~  
>8500' (approximately due east of Grass Lake, which many of you are  
>familiar with).  It has a great variety of ode habitat, mostly  
>comprising flooded meadows with a network of streams of various depth,  
>deep pools and springs, shallow sheet-flow, and standing water.  Most  
>of the shallow water has emergent vegetation, but there are definitely  
>a few areas of open water.  A creek flows out of the meadow, and is  
>soon joined by several others downstream, and the forested slopes  
>below are dotted with small ponds (some seasonal, some permanent).  If  
>anyone is interested in visiting this site, be aware that it is a  
>pretty rough road to get close, there isn't much of a trail beyond the  
>parking area, and the cross-country travel to get up there is quite  
>rugged.  Seriously.  But, it's a great site with tons of potential,  
>and I will definitely be going back to spend a whole day in this area  
>next July.  As far as Friday's outing goes, it seemed like we were a  
>bit behind schedule, and many of the odes were saw were looking pretty  
>ragged.  Meadowhawks and spreadwings were the exception, and there  
>were hordes of Black Meadowhawks on the wing, despite the winds.
>
>Hell Hole species list:
>Emerald Spreadwing
>Common Spreadwing (lots!)
>Taiga Bluet
>Northern/Boreal Bluet sp.
>Western Forktail
>Variable Darner
>Mountain Emerald (many)
>Black Meadowhawk (lots!)
>White-faced Meadowhawk (many)
>some other red meadowhawks that we just couldn't get good looks at (or  
>catch) 'cause of the wind; probably Cherry-faced, possibly others.   
>There were tons of yellow meadowhawks around, but the wind made things  
>near-impossible.
>
>Osgood Swamp (where it was even windier):
>Common Spreadwing
>Bluet spp.
>Paddle-tailed Darner (many females ovipositing along the receded  
>shoreline)
>Emerald sp.
>White-faced Meadowhawk
>Eight-spotted Skimmer
>
>I may be forgetting a few, but that's about the gist of it.  Pretty  
>underwhelming, I suppose, but a fun day out nonetheless.  Some photos  
>can be found here: 
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=198469&id=173935990027 

>.  Any thoughts on the mystery females are welcome!  I still want to  
>try to coordinate an odes weekend in Tahoe, so please keep that in  
>mind for next summer.  I'll try harder to bite the bullet and pick  
>some dates before the whole season gets too far along.
>
>
>We had some rough weather in the Sierra yesterday, so I went out this  
>morning (8/31) to do a little birding to see what got knocked down.   
>Among the highlights of the morning was a Black Saddlebags at Lake  
>Forest Beach, near Tahoe City.  I honestly can't recall if I've seen  
>the species at Tahoe before, but I thought I'd post since it's a  
>fairly high-elevation (~ 6230') for the species according to Manolis'  
>book.
>
>
>Will Richardson
>Truckee, CA
>
>
>------------------------------------
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>  
>
Subject: Tahoe stuff
From: Will Richardson <t.will.richardson AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:07:04 -0700
Zach Smith and I finally got out for a day of odes last Friday (8/27),  
but the wind was UP, so between that and the late date, conditions  
were not ideal.  Nonetheless, we had a great excursion to Hell Hole,  
which is a place I've always wanted to explore.  Afterwards, in the  
late afternoon, I carried on solo to Osgood Swamp.  Hell Hole is a  
fantastic spot, nestled in the south of the Tahoe basin at ~  
8500' (approximately due east of Grass Lake, which many of you are  
familiar with).  It has a great variety of ode habitat, mostly  
comprising flooded meadows with a network of streams of various depth,  
deep pools and springs, shallow sheet-flow, and standing water.  Most  
of the shallow water has emergent vegetation, but there are definitely  
a few areas of open water.  A creek flows out of the meadow, and is  
soon joined by several others downstream, and the forested slopes  
below are dotted with small ponds (some seasonal, some permanent).  If  
anyone is interested in visiting this site, be aware that it is a  
pretty rough road to get close, there isn't much of a trail beyond the  
parking area, and the cross-country travel to get up there is quite  
rugged.  Seriously.  But, it's a great site with tons of potential,  
and I will definitely be going back to spend a whole day in this area  
next July.  As far as Friday's outing goes, it seemed like we were a  
bit behind schedule, and many of the odes were saw were looking pretty  
ragged.  Meadowhawks and spreadwings were the exception, and there  
were hordes of Black Meadowhawks on the wing, despite the winds.

Hell Hole species list:
Emerald Spreadwing
Common Spreadwing (lots!)
Taiga Bluet
Northern/Boreal Bluet sp.
Western Forktail
Variable Darner
Mountain Emerald (many)
Black Meadowhawk (lots!)
White-faced Meadowhawk (many)
some other red meadowhawks that we just couldn't get good looks at (or  
catch) 'cause of the wind; probably Cherry-faced, possibly others.   
There were tons of yellow meadowhawks around, but the wind made things  
near-impossible.

Osgood Swamp (where it was even windier):
Common Spreadwing
Bluet spp.
Paddle-tailed Darner (many females ovipositing along the receded  
shoreline)
Emerald sp.
White-faced Meadowhawk
Eight-spotted Skimmer

I may be forgetting a few, but that's about the gist of it.  Pretty  
underwhelming, I suppose, but a fun day out nonetheless.  Some photos  
can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=198469&id=173935990027 

.  Any thoughts on the mystery females are welcome!  I still want to  
try to coordinate an odes weekend in Tahoe, so please keep that in  
mind for next summer.  I'll try harder to bite the bullet and pick  
some dates before the whole season gets too far along.


We had some rough weather in the Sierra yesterday, so I went out this  
morning (8/31) to do a little birding to see what got knocked down.   
Among the highlights of the morning was a Black Saddlebags at Lake  
Forest Beach, near Tahoe City.  I honestly can't recall if I've seen  
the species at Tahoe before, but I thought I'd post since it's a  
fairly high-elevation (~ 6230') for the species according to Manolis'  
book.


Will Richardson
Truckee, CA
Subject: Fwd: Orr Lake
From: Ray Bruun <bruun AT frontiernet.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:29:01 -0700
  As Kathy pointed out, one of the females appears to be Saffron-winged 
Meadowhawk: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruunphoto/4935518542/sizes/o/in/photostream/


Ray Bruun
Shingletown, Shasta County, CA

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[CalOdes] Orr Lake
Date: 	Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:18:22 -0700
From: 	Ray Bruun 
To: 	Cal Odes 



   Yesterday (Friday), I drove to Orr Lake in Siskiyou County.  There
were lots and lots of meadowhawks, including five meadowhawk species in
just a small area about a mile in on the access road (it's 1.8 miles
from Bray to the campground on Orr Lake--I was 1.0 mile in on this road).

Uploaded 25 ode pictures from the trip -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruunphoto/

Ray Bruun
Shingletown, Shasta County, CA


Species:
Spotted Spreadwing
possible Northern Spreadwing
Bluet sp.
Pacific Forktail
Western Forktail
Aeshna sp.
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Black Meadowhawk
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
White-faced Meadowhawk
Band-winged Meadowhawk
Striped Meadowhawk



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Yahoo! Groups Links
Subject: Orr Lake
From: Ray Bruun <bruun AT frontiernet.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:18:22 -0700
  Yesterday (Friday), I drove to Orr Lake in Siskiyou County.  There 
were lots and lots of meadowhawks, including five meadowhawk species in 
just a small area about a mile in on the access road (it's 1.8 miles 
from Bray to the campground on Orr Lake--I was 1.0 mile in on this road).

Uploaded 25 ode pictures from the trip - 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruunphoto/

Ray Bruun
Shingletown, Shasta County, CA


Species:
Spotted Spreadwing
possible Northern Spreadwing
Bluet sp.
Pacific Forktail
Western Forktail
Aeshna sp.
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Black Meadowhawk
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
White-faced Meadowhawk
Band-winged Meadowhawk
Striped Meadowhawk
Subject: Fwd: dragonfly migration
From: Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson AT comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:42:18 -0700
Begin forwarded message:

> From: "mathesont" 
> Date: August 28, 2010 10:51:14 AM PDT
> To: Dennis Paulson 
> Subject: Re: dragonfly migration
> 
> I was on the summit of Mount Diablo (3849ft) in central Contra Costa Co. 
yesterday morning (9am, mid-60s, high wind) and the place was swarming with S 
corruptum. Haven't seen any on the summit in numerous previous visits this 
summer. Would not surprise me if they have spent the night and would be heading 
south along the Diablo Range once it warmed up. 

> 
> Rob Thomas
> Martinez, CA
> 
> --- In CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com, Dennis Paulson  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, all.
>> 
>> Here is a report of what are surely Sympetrum corruptum moving southward 
along the Washington Cascades. Note the elevation. We often see this species in 
the mountains of Washington in the fall, usually as individuals scattered all 
over the landscape far from water, but never anything of this magnitude. I 
think this is the first evidence for a sustained directional movement of this 
species anywhere away from the Pacific Northwest coast, where it is an annual 
event. 

>> 
>> If you extrapolate from 300-500/minute, the numbers are staggering. There 
must be a lot of these dragonflies emerging from British Columbia lakes and 
ponds! It also sounds as if there was only one obvious species in the movement. 
We still have no real evidence for migration in any species in the far West but 
S. corruptum and Anax junius. 

>> 
>> Dennis
>> -----
>> Dennis Paulson
>> 1724 NE 98 St.
>> Seattle, WA 98115
>> 206-528-1382
>> dennispaulson AT ...
>> 
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: "R. Victor Glick" 
>>> Date: August 27, 2010 6:57:09 AM PDT
>>> To: dennispaulson AT ...
>>> Subject: dragonfly migration
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> Victor and I were hiking in Horseshoe Basin , in the eastern Pasayten, the 
last few days and saw thousands of dragonflies coming over Armstrong Mountain, 
elevation 8106, and flying south. I counted approximately 300-500 passing by 
per minute just in one field of view. They were mid-sized (maybe 2 inches or 
so) and they seemed to have some reddish color. There are lots of springs on 
the mountain and the still (and very shallow) Loudon Lake and some small ponds, 
but they were not congregating in any of those places. We were fascinated, and 
thought you might be able to shed some light on this phenomenon. 

>>> 
>>> Thank you !
>>> 
>>> Libby Schreiner and Victor Glick
>> 
> 
> 

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1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson AT comcast.net
Subject: Re: Re: [SoWestOdes] Re: dragonfly migration
From: Zachary Smith <zsgavilan AT gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:46:03 -0700
What about the gliders? I would think P. flavescens does some sort of
migration in/through Calif. This just reminded me of the story from the
Maldives in the Indian Ocean of these things coming and going from the
islands over many years in large numbers.  The link to the story should be
back in the CalOdes archives from last year, but here's the link to the BBC
story in case anyone missed it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8149000/8149714.stm

Zach Smith
Davis, Ca.

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Dennis Paulson
wrote:

>
>
> I was speculating that with global warming, this species might find
> conditions more favorable in the northern part of its range, and even
> farther north than it had previously occurred. If that were the case, this
> might open up extensive new areas of breeding territory and allow a real
> increase in species population size. Perhaps these wetlands would be ideal
> habitat, and breeding would be very successful. Then this would be
> manifested by larger numbers moving south in the fall. Totally speculative,
> of course, as we don't have any information from these northern areas.
> Hopefully each year will tell us more.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> On Aug 28, 2010, at 8:11 AM, Hank Brodkin wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Dennis, et al:
>
> Here in SE Arizona this monsoon season we have come across S. corruptum by
> the hundreds, if not thousands. And not just near water. They seem to be
> everywhere, even at places like the desert flats (now greened up by some
> nice rains) in the San Simon Valley east of the Chiricahuas and in the
> semi-desert grasslands of Ft. Huachuca. I thought perhaps that in past
> years I just did not notice them - but it is extremely interesting to find
> out that similar occurrences are in the Northwest this year. Whatever is
> happening, it is widespread.
> I hope no one minds that I cross-posted to SouthWest Odes.
>
> Hank Brodkin
> Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
> 31°26’59.8”N 110°16’02.8”W
> hbrodkin AT cox.net 
> "Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide"
> "Finding Butterflies in Arizona - a Guide to the Best Sites"
> http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin/
>
> 1a. Fwd: dragonfly migration
> Posted by: "Dennis Paulson" 
dennispaulson AT comcast.netdennisrpaulson 

> Date: Fri Aug 27, 2010 8:47 am ((PDT))
>
> Hello, all.
>
> Here is a report of what are surely Sympetrum corruptum moving southward
> along the Washington Cascades. Note the elevation. We often see this
> species
> in the mountains of Washington in the fall, usually as individuals
> scattered
> all over the landscape far from water, but never anything of this
> magnitude.
> I think this is the first evidence for a sustained directional movement of
> this species anywhere away from the Pacific Northwest coast, where it is an
> annual event.
>
> If you extrapolate from 300-500/minute, the numbers are staggering. There
> must be a lot of these dragonflies emerging from British Columbia lakes and
> ponds! It also sounds as if there was only one obvious species in the
> movement. We still have no real evidence for migration in any species in
> the
> far West but S. corruptum and Anax junius.
>
> Dennis
> -----
> Dennis Paulson
> 1724 NE 98 St.
> Seattle, WA 98115
> 206-528-1382
> dennispaulson AT comcast.net 
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> -----
> Dennis Paulson
> 1724 NE 98 St.
> Seattle, WA 98115
> 206-528-1382
> dennispaulson AT comcast.net
>
>
>
>  
>



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Subject: Re: [SoWestOdes] Re: dragonfly migration
From: Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson AT comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:17:34 -0700
I was speculating that with global warming, this species might find conditions 
more favorable in the northern part of its range, and even farther north than 
it had previously occurred. If that were the case, this might open up extensive 
new areas of breeding territory and allow a real increase in species population 
size. Perhaps these wetlands would be ideal habitat, and breeding would be very 
successful. Then this would be manifested by larger numbers moving south in the 
fall. Totally speculative, of course, as we don't have any information from 
these northern areas. Hopefully each year will tell us more. 


Dennis


On Aug 28, 2010, at 8:11 AM, Hank Brodkin wrote:

> 
> Dennis, et al:
> 
> Here in SE Arizona this monsoon season we have come across S. corruptum by
> the hundreds, if not thousands. And not just near water. They seem to be
> everywhere, even at places like the desert flats (now greened up by some
> nice rains) in the San Simon Valley east of the Chiricahuas and in the
> semi-desert grasslands of Ft. Huachuca. I thought perhaps that in past
> years I just did not notice them - but it is extremely interesting to find
> out that similar occurrences are in the Northwest this year. Whatever is
> happening, it is widespread. 
> I hope no one minds that I cross-posted to SouthWest Odes.
> 
> Hank Brodkin 
> Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
> 31°26’59.8”N 110°16’02.8”W
> hbrodkin AT cox.net 
> "Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide"
> "Finding Butterflies in Arizona - a Guide to the Best Sites"
> http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin/ 
> 
> 1a. Fwd: dragonfly migration
> Posted by: "Dennis Paulson" dennispaulson AT comcast.net dennisrpaulson
> Date: Fri Aug 27, 2010 8:47 am ((PDT))
> 
> Hello, all.
> 
> Here is a report of what are surely Sympetrum corruptum moving southward
> along the Washington Cascades. Note the elevation. We often see this species
> in the mountains of Washington in the fall, usually as individuals scattered
> all over the landscape far from water, but never anything of this magnitude.
> I think this is the first evidence for a sustained directional movement of
> this species anywhere away from the Pacific Northwest coast, where it is an
> annual event.
> 
> If you extrapolate from 300-500/minute, the numbers are staggering. There
> must be a lot of these dragonflies emerging from British Columbia lakes and
> ponds! It also sounds as if there was only one obvious species in the
> movement. We still have no real evidence for migration in any species in the
> far West but S. corruptum and Anax junius.
> 
> Dennis
> -----
> Dennis Paulson
> 1724 NE 98 St.
> Seattle, WA 98115
> 206-528-1382
> dennispaulson AT comcast.net
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 

-----
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1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson AT comcast.net
Subject: Re: dragonfly migration
From: "Hank Brodkin" <hbrodkin AT cox.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:11:19 -0700
Dennis, et al:

Here in SE Arizona this monsoon season we have come across S. corruptum by
the hundreds, if not thousands.  And not just near water.  They seem to be
everywhere, even at places like the desert flats (now greened up by some
nice rains) in the San Simon Valley east of the Chiricahuas and in the
semi-desert grasslands of Ft. Huachuca.  I thought perhaps that in past
years I just did not notice them - but it is extremely interesting to find
out that similar occurrences are in the Northwest this year. Whatever is
happening, it is widespread. 
I hope no one minds that I cross-posted to SouthWest Odes.

Hank Brodkin 
Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
31°26’59.8”N  110°16’02.8”W
hbrodkin AT cox.net 
"Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide"
"Finding Butterflies in Arizona - a Guide to the Best Sites"
http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin/ 

1a. Fwd: dragonfly migration
    Posted by: "Dennis Paulson" dennispaulson AT comcast.net dennisrpaulson
    Date: Fri Aug 27, 2010 8:47 am ((PDT))

Hello, all.

Here is a report of what are surely Sympetrum corruptum moving southward
along the Washington Cascades. Note the elevation. We often see this species
in the mountains of Washington in the fall, usually as individuals scattered
all over the landscape far from water, but never anything of this magnitude.
I think this is the first evidence for a sustained directional movement of
this species anywhere away from the Pacific Northwest coast, where it is an
annual event.

If you extrapolate from 300-500/minute, the numbers are staggering. There
must be a lot of these dragonflies emerging from British Columbia lakes and
ponds! It also sounds as if there was only one obvious species in the
movement. We still have no real evidence for migration in any species in the
far West but S. corruptum and Anax junius.

Dennis
-----
Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson AT comcast.net
Subject: RE: Fwd: dragonfly migration
From: "Lethaby, Nick" <nlethaby AT ti.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:01:32 -0500
Dennis:

If 'vagrancy' is an indication of migration (which it isn't always) then Black 
Saddlebags certainly migrate. I see them regularly on Santa Barbara Island, 
which is 41 miles offshore at about 20 miles from the nearest other islands 
(which have very limited water). SB Island has no standing water. The other two 
species I see out here are S. corruptum and Anax junius. 


Nick


________________________________
From: CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Dennis Paulson 

Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:48 AM
To: nw_odonata AT yahoogroups.com; Odonata-l; Cal Odes; SoWest Odes
Subject: [CalOdes] Fwd: dragonfly migration



Hello, all.

Here is a report of what are surely Sympetrum corruptum moving southward along 
the Washington Cascades. Note the elevation. We often see this species in the 
mountains of Washington in the fall, usually as individuals scattered all over 
the landscape far from water, but never anything of this magnitude. I think 
this is the first evidence for a sustained directional movement of this species 
anywhere away from the Pacific Northwest coast, where it is an annual event. 


If you extrapolate from 300-500/minute, the numbers are staggering. There must 
be a lot of these dragonflies emerging from British Columbia lakes and ponds! 
It also sounds as if there was only one obvious species in the movement. We 
still have no real evidence for migration in any species in the far West but S. 
corruptum and Anax junius. 


Dennis
-----
Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson AT comcast.net


Begin forwarded message:


From: "R. Victor Glick" >
Date: August 27, 2010 6:57:09 AM PDT
To: dennispaulson AT comcast.net
Subject: dragonfly migration

Hello,

Victor and I were hiking in Horseshoe Basin , in the eastern Pasayten, the last 
few days and saw thousands of dragonflies coming over Armstrong Mountain, 
elevation 8106, and flying south. I counted approximately 300-500 passing by 
per minute just in one field of view. They were mid-sized (maybe 2 inches or 
so) and they seemed to have some reddish color. There are lots of springs on 
the mountain and t! he still (and very shallow) Loudon Lake and some small 
ponds, but they were not congregating in any of those places. We were 
fascinated, and thought you might be able to shed some light on this 
phenomenon. 


Thank you !

Libby Schreiner and Victor Glick
Subject: San Diego County
From: "Gary Suttle" <odonatophilia AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:56:39 -0000
August 24, 2010

Dos Picos County Park pond, 1:00-3:15, clear and hot, 101-98 degrees.

Spotted Spreadwing  4

Familiar Bluet  a few

Tule Bluet  a few

Western Forktail  2

Pacific Forktail  some

Desert Firetail  5

Common Green Darner  some

Blue-eyed Darner a few patrolled the pond, and several dozen hung in the shade 
of willows and oaks a short distance from the pond, evading the heat. Upon 
close approach, some remained still. Others flew ten or twenty feet away, made 
u-turns, and returned to a shadowed perch. 


Cardinal Meadowhawk  3

Mexican Amberwing  1

Red-tailed Pennant  4

Blue Dasher   many

Western Pondhawk  a few

Flame Skimmer  some

Red Rock Skimmer  1

Black Saddlebags  some

Red Saddlebags   2


Gary Suttle
Poway,CA
Subject: 100 species
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:29:20 -0700
Well, the year is finally getting 'caught up' to normal for the # of 
species reported.
Ray Bruun mentioned to me that he found Ringed Emeralds at Heart Lake 
above Castle Lake in Siskiyou County - that's species #100!!
We even have a chance that more species will be found this year than 
last year, when 102 were reported.
Thanks to everyone who is sending in sightings!!
Kathy
Ps. Dave Payne - is the Ringed Emerald found at other sites in Siskiyou 
besides Heart Lake and Gumboot Lake?

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Subject: Cherry-faced Meadowhawks
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:49:25 -0700
http://southwestdragonflies.net/caphotos/CherryFacedOrrLake2010.html
The above link goes to several Cherry-faced Meadowhawk females, all 
caught near Orr Lake.
It shows the wide variation in amount of wing coloration.
I also put up more males of that species and a young Saffron-winged 
female on the website(s) too.
Cheers!!
Kathy

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Subject: Re:Re: Variegated Meadowhawks - MEN County
From: Karen Havlena <jkhavlena AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:01:00 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Tim,

Yes, for the last two summers, I have seen, for certain, Spot-winged Gliders.
I have not been able to positively ID Wandering.  The past two days, however,
there has been enough difference in size, coloration, and flight patterns, that
I do think that some of the odes flying around on the beach or my neighborhood
(which is on a bluff above Ten Mile River and a sandy beach), have been
Variegated Meadowhawks or other species, not gliders.  

Karen H




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Sent: Tue, August 24, 2010 8:07:12 PM
Subject: Re: [CalOdes] Variegated Meadowhawks - MEN County
  
Hi Karen:

No doubt you saw some Variegated Meadowhawks, but the Pantala gliders would 
also 

be migrating along the coast at this time of years (I have seen this) and they 
can be mistaken for S. corruptum in the air.

Cheers,

Tim Manolis
Subject: Re: Variegated Meadowhawks - MEN County
From: ylightfoot AT aol.com
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:07:12 EDT
Hi Karen:
 
No doubt you saw some Variegated Meadowhawks, but the Pantala gliders would 
 also be migrating along the coast at this time of years (I have seen this) 
and  they can be mistaken for S. corruptum in the air.
 
Cheers,
 
Tim Manolis
Subject: Variegated Meadowhawks - MEN County
From: Karen Havlena <jkhavlena AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:49:42 -0700 (PDT)
Yesterday and today, 23 - 24 August, I saw at least two Variegated
Meadowhawks along the immediate Mendocino coast (probably more
than just two).  Location: North of Ten Mile R. & Fort Bragg, MEN.

I wrote to George Chaniot that I had seen a female Variegated M-hawk
quite well in the yard across the street.  Actually, that particular ode
was in our yard, but flew over to an unoccupied yard.  She perched
so that I could close focus on her.  That was Monday.

Today, while doing a shorebird survey on Ten Mile beach (MacKerricher
SP), I saw at least 12-15 odes that were about the size and coloring of
Variegated Meadowhawk.  It is very difficult for me to ID what is zooming
by over the beach, traveling from the dunes to the breaking waves and
back again.  But, the general colors and size of these today were lighter
than the occasional odes I see along the beach while doing my survey.  
One individual hovered a few seconds, and I was quite certain that it was 
another Variegated.

Karen Havlena
North of Fort Bragg, MEN, CA
Subject: Dfly migration
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:12:19 -0700
If you're not on NoWest Odes, you won't have read reports of sightings 
that are probably Variegated Meadowhawks migrating along the coast 1-3 a 
min.
If you're near the coast, it would be interesting to see what's going on 
in CA!!
Cheers!!
Kathy

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Subject: Re: Golf
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:15:38 -0700
A BLONDE moment???? Geeze, you and Bob Behrstock are stretching your 
luck!  ;-)
Dave says you need to look for the Tee-Spot!! :-P

All - I've just put up scans of a young male Cherry-faced Meadowhawk, 
they look a bit different than the mature males with more black showing 
on the sides of the thorax.

Cheers!!
Kathy

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Bob Miller wrote:

>Well... Ed was for sure!! Having a blonde moment I never got it until you 
replied with the laugh. Did not get that for a minute either till I read it all 
again. club-skimmers. Absolutely funny!!! 

>
>
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs 
>Sent: Aug 23, 2010 11:09 PM 
>To: Ed Whisler 
>Cc: Bob Miller , CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com 
>Subject: Re: [CalOdes] Golf 
>
>  
>
>
>
>Ho Ho Ho!!
>You guys are too funny!!
>Kathy
>  
>
Subject: Re: Golf
From: Bob Miller <bob.miller AT mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:47:07 -0400 (EDT)
Well... Ed was for sure!! Having a blonde moment I never got it until you 
replied with the laugh. Did not get that for a minute either till I read it all 
again. club-skimmers. Absolutely funny!!! 




-----Original Message----- 
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs 
Sent: Aug 23, 2010 11:09 PM 
To: Ed Whisler 
Cc: Bob Miller , CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com 
Subject: Re: [CalOdes] Golf 

  



Ho Ho Ho!!
You guys are too funny!!
Kathy
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Ed Whisler wrote: 


Probably club-skimmers
 
Ed Whisler
Davis, CA





From: Bob Miller 
To: CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 12:08:24 PM
Subject: [CalOdes] Golf

  

Hi all,

Did anyone else watch the PGA this past weekend and see the massive numbers of 
dragons that came through on Sunday. Wow. No idea what they were but it was 
interesting. 


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Subject: Re: Golf
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:09:54 -0700
Ho Ho Ho!!
You guys are too funny!!
Kathy

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Ed Whisler wrote:

>
>
> Probably club-skimmers
>  
> Ed Whisler
> Davis, CA
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Bob Miller 
> *To:* CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Mon, August 16, 2010 12:08:24 PM
> *Subject:* [CalOdes] Golf
>
>  
>
> Hi all,
>
> Did anyone else watch the PGA this past weekend and see the massive 
> numbers of dragons that came through on Sunday. Wow. No idea what they 
> were but it was interesting.
>
> (!__!)
> (0V0) HAPPY BIRDING
> {}~~{} BOB MILLER
> ='''='''==
>
> Southwest Birders
> Brawley, CA. 92227
> Imperial County
> 760-455-1413
> http://www.southwestbirders.com
> bob.miller AT mindspring.com 
>
>
>
>
>
Subject: Siskiyou County II
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:50:19 -0700
On Friday, Dave and I returned to the area northeast of Weed, in hopes 
of finding a route into the Red Rock Lakes and then documenting those 
Sooty Dancers. But I guess the Red Rock Lakes are all on private land as 
we couldn’t find a way in to them that wasn’t gated and marked KEEP OUT.

We found a route from there (east of Macdoel) back to the Orr Lake area 
that went by a lake called Antelope Sink. Well, no Antelope there, just 
cows, and really low water. There were a few species of dflies, but it's 
nothing new.

We were able to stop at about 4 spots along Butte Creek (north-east of 
Orr Lake), but couldn't find any Sooty Dancers, so perhaps the heat had 
fried our brains the prior trip there last Wednesday....we did add 
Emma's Dancer and Pacific Spiketail to our list. The Old State Hwy that 
runs alongside Butte Creek has several access points that are gated, but 
signs say that you may enter, the gates are just to keep the cows out. 
It's a sweet creek and worth a visit if you're ever in the area.

Our McCloud pond is refilled, but no dragonflies are visiting it right 
now....
Did find 2 dueling Spiketails nearby at a marsh with a little creek, 
poor things, two was one too many, esp. since there didn't seem to be a 
female about!

Cheers!!
Kathy

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Subject: Tahoe micro-blitz
From: Will Richardson <t.will.richardson AT gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:39:08 -0700
We've had a tough time trying to coordinate schedules for a Tahoe mini- 
blitz, mostly due to my own overstuffed calendar, so I'm settling for  
a late August micro-blitz.  Zach Smith and I are planning on hitting  
up a few interesting spots next Friday (8/27), including Hell Hole,  
Osgood Swamp, and Grass Lake.  Zach and I both have to work the  
following day, but I can be free again on Sunday.  So, if anybody  
wants to come up and join us on Friday, or just me on Sunday, or make  
a whole weekend of it and do their own thing on Saturday, please shoot  
me an email.
Thanks!!
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Subject: Siskiyou County
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:27:37 -0700
**On August 18, we went for a drive, circumventing Mt. Shasta, using 
military Pass Rd, and Deer Creek Rd, collecting plants to replenish our 
decimated pond, and looking for dragonflies. We returned via Hwys 97, 
I-5, & 89. Meadowhawks were plentiful EVERYWHERE.
Our report:

Grass Lake  AT  east side of Hwy 97 (north of Weed)

*Northern Spreadwing*

*Variable Darner* – 1+, in hand ID

*Red-veined Meadowhawk* – many

*Western Meadowhawk* – a few

*Striped Meadowhawk* – some

Marsh/stream alongside the road into Orr Lake, just outside of Bray

*Northern Spreadwing***

*Bluet* sp. – a few, inc. tandem pairs

*Paddle-tailed Darner* – many, all assumed this species, 1 in hand ID

*Eight-spotted Skimmer* – a few

*Variegated Meadowhawk* – 1

*Red-veined Meadowhawk* – many

*White-faced Meadowhawk* – some

*Western Meadowhawk* – a few

*Striped Meadowhawk* – some

Meadow alongside road into Orr Lake, approached from just before Bray:

There were CLOUDS of Meadowhawks: some mature, some teneral and 
everywhere in-between

*Northern Spreadwing** – *a few

*Pacific Forktail* – a few

*Western Forktail* – some**

*Twelve-spotted Skimmer* – a few

*Variegated Meadowhawk* – 1

*Red-veined Meadowhawk* – some

*White-faced Meadowhawk* – some

*Western Meadowhawk* – some

*Striped Meadowhawk* – some

*Cherry-faced Meadowhawk* – some, females and possibly a few males 
collected for scanning

Orr Lake

*Northern Spreadwing** – *a few, in hand ID

*Pacific Forktail* – a few

*Western Forktail* – many, mostly females, inc. one orange young one**

*Bluet* sp. – a few, inc. tandem pairs by the dock

*Blue-eyed Darner* – some, 1 in hand ID

*Common Green Darner* – a few

*Eight-spotted Skimmer* – many

*Blue Dasher* – a few

*Saffron-winged Meadowhawk* – some, all not yet red

*Red-veined Meadowhawk* – some

*White-faced Meadowhawk* – some

*Western Meadowhawk* – some

*Striped Meadowhawk* – some

*Cherry-faced Meadowhawk* – some, females and possibly a few males 
collected for scanning

Butte Creek, near Shaffer Campground, ~1/2 mile West of Old State Hwy; 
5:40 PM, elev. 4460, N 41 41.026 W 121 57.704

*Sooty Dancer – *assumed this species, which would have been county voucher 
(replacing our old prior sight record) IF we had managed to catch one. 


*Vivid Dancer – *several photographed and netted 

*Shadow Darner* –  1+, in-hand ID

*Saffron-winged Meadowhawk* – a few, these also not yet red

*Black Meadowhawk* – 1 imm. male, in-hand ID

I think that’s 22 species, and I think we’ll go back soon ...maybe this 
weekend. 


Cheers!!
Kathy

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Subject: Re: More Eel River Sites, Mendocino Co.
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:24:56 -0700
Hi George,

It's wonderful to be getting this great census data on the Eel!
Mendocino County has been so under-censused (until just last year or so).
I don't think many folks had collected in Mendo.b at moving water, 
mostly at ponds.

Yes, a larval dragonfly with extremely long legs is quite likely to be 
W. River Cruiser.
They are quite distinctive. Often their exuvia can be found under bridges.

I'm writing this from our McCloud home, where we are totally off the 
grid, so pardon it's tardiness.
When we go into town, we download email. Then on the next trip into 
town, we send out replies!

Cheers!!
Kathy Biggs

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George Chaniot wrote:
>      This last week my work took me to three more sites on the mainstem Eel
> River between Hearst and Dos Rios where I was able to check out odonates
> incidentally to fisheries work.  Two of these sites are public access from
> Hwy 162, and the other is "way out there" on private property.
>
> 9 Aug 2010  California, Mendocino Co., Eel River between Outlet Creek & Dos
> =========  ===============================================
> Rios
> ===
>    39ş 39' 58"   -123ş 20'5 0.5"  Public access at milepost 11.14 on Hwy162
>
> CA/Aztec Dancer                        2
> Sooty Dancer                            50
> Gray Sanddragon                         2
> Flame Skimmer                           4
> Pale-faced Clubskimmer              4
>
>
> 9 Aug 2010  California, Mendocino Co., Eel River above Dos Rios
> =========  ======================================
>   39ş 42' 30.0"   -123ş 21'19.6"  Public access at milepost 14.52 on Hwy 162
>
> Ca/Aztec Dancer                     21 sp.
> Sooty Dancer                           80
> Gray Sanddragon                        1
> Flame Skimmer                        12
> Twelve-spotted Skimmer            1
> Widow Skimmer                          2
> Common Whitetail                      1
> Blue Dasher                               1
> Pale-faced Clubskimmer             4
>
> 10 Aug 2010   California, Mendocino Co., Eel River above Fish Creek
> ==========   =======================================
>    39ş 33' 14.2"  -123ş 17'09.6"   About 8 miles of dusty ranch roads
> upstream from the Eel River bridge at Outlet Creek.
>
> American Rubyspot                       1
> CA/Aztec Dancer                        20 sp.
> Sooty Dancer                              80
> Gray Sanddragon                          1
> Flame Skimmer                             3
> Widow Skimmer                             1
> Pale-faced Clubskimmer              25
>    Sooty Dancers were crawling up out of the water on the block nets and
> metamorphosing while we were there.  We also netted a larval dragonfly with
> extremely long legs.  Is this likely to be W. River Cruiser?
>
>    Only three years ago Pale-faced Clubskimmer was unrecorded in Mendocino
> County.  This year I observed them at 5 of 8 locations, and they may even be
> a characteristic species along this section of the Eel.  At Fish Creek they
> were particularly evident and also seen flying along ranch roads 1500 feet
> above the river.  I only found Red Rock Skimmer at 2 locations - both in the
> narrow canyon section upstream from Hearst.
>
> George Chaniot
> Potter Valley, MEN, CA 
>
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Subject: Re: Golf
From: Ed Whisler <edwhisler AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:28:28 -0700 (PDT)
Probably club-skimmers

Ed Whisler
Davis, CA




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Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 12:08:24 PM
Subject: [CalOdes] Golf

  
Hi all,

Did anyone else watch the PGA this past weekend and see the massive numbers of 
dragons that came through on Sunday. Wow. No idea what they were but it was 
interesting.

(!__!)
(0V0) HAPPY BIRDING
{}~~{} BOB MILLER
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Southwest Birders
Brawley, CA. 92227
Imperial County
760-455-1413
http://www.southwestbirders.com
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Subject: Golf
From: Bob Miller <bob.miller AT mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:08:24 -0400 (EDT)
Hi all,

Did anyone else watch the PGA this past weekend and see the massive numbers of 
dragons that came through on Sunday. Wow. No idea what they were but it was 
interesting. 


   (!__!)
   (0V0)      HAPPY BIRDING
  {}~~{}        BOB MILLER
 ='''='''==

Southwest Birders
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Imperial County
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Subject: More Eel River Sites, Mendocino Co.
From: George Chaniot <chaniot AT pacific.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:04:05 -0700
     This last week my work took me to three more sites on the mainstem Eel
River between Hearst and Dos Rios where I was able to check out odonates
incidentally to fisheries work.  Two of these sites are public access from
Hwy 162, and the other is "way out there" on private property.

9 Aug 2010  California, Mendocino Co., Eel River between Outlet Creek & Dos
=========  ===============================================
Rios
===
   39ş 39' 58"   -123ş 20'5 0.5"  Public access at milepost 11.14 on Hwy162

CA/Aztec Dancer                        2
Sooty Dancer                            50
Gray Sanddragon                         2
Flame Skimmer                           4
Pale-faced Clubskimmer              4


9 Aug 2010  California, Mendocino Co., Eel River above Dos Rios
=========  ======================================
  39ş 42' 30.0"   -123ş 21'19.6"  Public access at milepost 14.52 on Hwy 162

Ca/Aztec Dancer                     21 sp.
Sooty Dancer                           80
Gray Sanddragon                        1
Flame Skimmer                        12
Twelve-spotted Skimmer            1
Widow Skimmer                          2
Common Whitetail                      1
Blue Dasher                               1
Pale-faced Clubskimmer             4

10 Aug 2010   California, Mendocino Co., Eel River above Fish Creek
==========   =======================================
   39ş 33' 14.2"  -123ş 17'09.6"   About 8 miles of dusty ranch roads
upstream from the Eel River bridge at Outlet Creek.

American Rubyspot                       1
CA/Aztec Dancer                        20 sp.
Sooty Dancer                              80
Gray Sanddragon                          1
Flame Skimmer                             3
Widow Skimmer                             1
Pale-faced Clubskimmer              25
   Sooty Dancers were crawling up out of the water on the block nets and
metamorphosing while we were there.  We also netted a larval dragonfly with
extremely long legs.  Is this likely to be W. River Cruiser?

   Only three years ago Pale-faced Clubskimmer was unrecorded in Mendocino
County.  This year I observed them at 5 of 8 locations, and they may even be
a characteristic species along this section of the Eel.  At Fish Creek they
were particularly evident and also seen flying along ranch roads 1500 feet
above the river.  I only found Red Rock Skimmer at 2 locations - both in the
narrow canyon section upstream from Hearst.

George Chaniot
Potter Valley, MEN, CA
Subject: Riverside County Odes
From: "Peter Siminski" <dsiminski AT dc.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:24:50 -0700
August 14, 2010

Riverside County

Peter Siminski

Dos Palmas Oasis and Fish Ponds, Dos Palmas Preserve, Elev. -100';
7:20-11:20, 85-100F, 20% cirrus, calm to light breeze SE.

Powdered Dancer, Argia moesta 5

Blue-ringed Dancer, A. sedula 4

Desert Forktail, Ischnura barberi 5

Citrine Forktail, I. hastata 1

Rambur's Forktail, I. ramburii  8

Common Green Darner, Anax junius 19 including a tandem pair.

Red-tailed Pennant, Brachymesia furcata 2

Western Pondhawk, Erythemis collocata >35

Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis >55

Comanche Skimmer, Libellula comanche 8

Widow Skimmer, L. luctuosa 1

Flame Skimmer, L. saturata 2

Roseate Skimmer, Orthemis ferruginea 7

Marl Pennant, Macrodiplax balteata >40 

Black Saddlebags, Tramea lacerata >35 including 3 pairs in tandem.

Red Saddlebags, T. onusta 8
Subject: Try Wing Vein Coloration to Separate Argia agrioides and A. nahuana
From: "Jim Johnson" <jt_johnson AT comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:38:51 -0700
Greetings,

 

I recently took a trip to south-central Oregon to photograph Argia nahuana
(Aztec Dancer) and I was struck by something when I reviewed my photos later
on. Some of the major veins were distinctly paler (light brown or golden)
than the others and these were quite obvious in good, well-exposed photos.
Argia agrioides (California Dancer) was present on the same stream with
nahuana, so I did photograph them as well. Their veins were more uniformly
dark in my photos.

 

I went through my specimens after returning home, and I found the same
difference among them, with some variation (particularly with nahuana). I
also talked to Ken Tennessen, Tim Manolis, and Rosser Garrison who examined
their own specimens, and they found the same thing. 

 

The conclusion I came to is that if the subcosta, radial anterior (RA),
radial posterior first branch (RP1), and cubitus were contrastingly paler
than the other veins (especially the costa proximal to the nodus, and the
veins posterior to RP1), then nahuana is the safe assumption; uniformly dark
veins could indicate either species given the variation in nahuana and other
factors, particularly when dealing with photos (angle, lighting, camera
exposure settings, whether flash was used or not, image processing).

 

I have put together a web page discussing this character and illustrating it
with several photos of both species:
http://odonata.bogfoot.net/photo-pages/id_Argia_agrioides-nahuana.htm  This
may help you target individuals of nahuana where they are not known to occur
within the range of agrioides, and vice versa, but I'd say that any
individuals of either species found outside of their known range need to be
confirmed in-hand.

 

Since I live several hours from the nearest locations of either species, I
haven't had a chance to test this difference in the field (e.g. through
binoculars), but I encourage others to look for it. I'd be interested in
hearing about your experiences with it.

 

Cheers,

 

Jim Johnson

Vancouver, Washington

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Subject: Try Wing Vein Coloration to Separate Argia agrioides and A. nahuana
From: "Jim Johnson" <jt_johnson AT comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:38:51 -0700
Greetings,

 

I recently took a trip to south-central Oregon to photograph Argia nahuana
(Aztec Dancer) and I was struck by something when I reviewed my photos later
on. Some of the major veins were distinctly paler (light brown or golden)
than the others and these were quite obvious in good, well-exposed photos.
Argia agrioides (California Dancer) was present on the same stream with
nahuana, so I did photograph them as well. Their veins were more uniformly
dark in my photos.

 

I went through my specimens after returning home, and I found the same
difference among them, with some variation (particularly with nahuana). I
also talked to Ken Tennessen, Tim Manolis, and Rosser Garrison who examined
their own specimens, and they found the same thing. 

 

The conclusion I came to is that if the subcosta, radial anterior (RA),
radial posterior first branch (RP1), and cubitus were contrastingly paler
than the other veins (especially the costa proximal to the nodus, and the
veins posterior to RP1), then nahuana is the safe assumption; uniformly dark
veins could indicate either species given the variation in nahuana and other
factors, particularly when dealing with photos (angle, lighting, camera
exposure settings, whether flash was used or not, image processing).

 

I have put together a web page discussing this character and illustrating it
with several photos of both species:
http://odonata.bogfoot.net/photo-pages/id_Argia_agrioides-nahuana.htm  This
may help you target individuals of nahuana where they are not known to occur
within the range of agrioides, and vice versa, but I'd say that any
individuals of either species found outside of their known range need to be
confirmed in-hand.

 

Since I live several hours from the nearest locations of either species, I
haven't had a chance to test this difference in the field (e.g. through
binoculars), but I encourage others to look for it. I'd be interested in
hearing about your experiences with it.

 

Cheers,

 

Jim Johnson

Vancouver, Washington

jt_johnson AT comcast.net

http://odonata.bogfoot.net/
Subject: Sobey Pond, Santa Clara County
From: "Steve Rottenborn" <srottenborn AT harveyecology.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 21:17:00 -0700
Today (7 August) I visited Sobey Pond, the upper of the two ponds at
Arastradero Preserve near Palo Alto in Santa Clara County.  The
highlight was watching a female Red-veined Meadowhawk ovipositing at
close range for nearly 10 minutes.  For the first 7-8 minutes, she was
in tandem with a male.  The two hovered low over and among dry rushes
40-50 feet from the water's edge, in an area that was moist but probably
not inundated even when the pond is full in late winter/early spring.  I
could clearly see the eggs dropping from the female into the bed of
rushes.  I also saw the female periodically hitting/rubbing the tip of
her abdomen against horizontal sedges while in flight; what I could not
see in the field, but saw in photos, was that she was apparently
knocking eggs loose, and in two photos it was clear that she had
deposited an egg on the rush while doing this.  Eventually, the pair
broke up and the male flew off, but the female continued ovipositing
alone for several minutes before flying off.  Totals were as follows:

Northern Spreadwing  12 (all males)
Vivid Dancer  4
Tule Bluet  16
Western Forktail  6
Common Green Darner  3
Blue-eyed Darner  4
Pacific Spiketail  1
Western Pondhawk  3
Flame Skimmer  4
Cardinal Meadowhawk  3
Red-veined Meadowhawk  3
Striped Meadowhawk  12 (3 ad. males, 9 tenerals)
Black Saddlebags  1

Steve Rottenborn
Morgan Hill, CA
Subject: Re: Spot-winged Gliders- MEN- Ten Mile Rvr (Specimen)
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:23:16 -0700
Hooray!! It won't be our first (or last) roadkill county voucher!
So glad you thought to save it - if not it's life!!
Cheers!!
Kathy

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Karen Havlena wrote:

>
>
> I first saw Spot-winged Glider on 30 July in my backyard, just north 
> of Ten Mile
> River in MEN County.  July 31st, there were two.  By 6 August, up to 9 
> or 10
> individuals were patrolling the backyard and the adjacent yards.
>
> On 6 August 2010, I found a nearly dead Spot-winged Glider by my 
> neighborhood
> mailboxes just north of Ten Mile R. (mm 70.32) along Hwy 1, MEN County.
>
> It was not moving its wings, but did barely move its front legs.  I 
> brought it home,
> and Jim (who was leaving for Fort Bragg), took it to Ron LeValley at 
> his gallery.
> Ron told Jim that he would preserve it and send it to Tim M. as a 
> representative
> specimen from MEN County.  It was in very good condition.
>
> The spots on the wings were really neat to view upclose.
>
> Karen A Havlena
> Ocean Meadows - Ten Mile River Area
> North of Fort Bragg, MEN, California
> jkhavlena AT yahoo.com     707-964-1280
>
>
>
>
Subject: Marin County/Pt. Reyes Field Seminar workshop
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:14:31 -0700
*It was worrisome as we drove into Pt. Reyes in such thick fog that our 
windshield wipers had to be turned on periodically, 

but the sun shone by noon and we were able to show 10 (or more) species of 
dragonflies to the workshop participants at Five Brooks Pond this afternoon: 


August 7, 2010  *

_*Marin County *_

Kathy & Dave Biggs, and participants* of Pt. Reyes Field Seminar Dazzling 
Dragonfly Workshop 


Five Brooks, 1:30-3:30 pm, low 70s (socked in with fog in the morning)

*Pacific Forktail* - one male

*Western Forktail* - a few, including one pruinose female 'in-wheel' - 
thought they didn't mate after turning pruinose!

*Bluet sp.* - some, many were still tenerals!

*Blue-eyed Darner -* some, all flying fairly high, but distinctive blue 
eyes clearly seen

*Darner sp. -* many, some or most probably Blue-eyeds, but Calif. 
Darners and Shadow Darners also possible

*Common Green Darner* *-* a few

*Western Pondhawk* - many, both mature and immature males and females seen

*Spot-winged Glider* - many

*Cardinal Meadowhawk* - several males seen well

*Red-veined Meadowhawk *- one male

*Black Saddlebags* - 1-2

possibly Variegated Meadowhawks seen near parking area

* To all you participants I BCCed into this message, it was delightful to share 
our favorite bugs with you today!! 


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Subject: Spot-winged Gliders- MEN- Ten Mile Rvr (Specimen)
From: Karen Havlena <jkhavlena AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 19:31:29 -0700 (PDT)
I first saw Spot-winged Glider on 30 July in my backyard, just north of Ten 
Mile 

River in MEN County.  July 31st, there were two.  By 6 August, up to 9 or 10
individuals were patrolling the backyard and the adjacent yards.

On 6 August 2010, I found a nearly dead Spot-winged Glider by my neighborhood
mailboxes just north of Ten Mile R. (mm 70.32) along Hwy 1, MEN County.

It was not moving its wings, but did barely move its front legs.  I brought it 
home,
and Jim (who was leaving for Fort Bragg), took it to Ron LeValley at his 
gallery.
Ron told Jim that he would preserve it and send it to Tim M. as a 
representative 

specimen from MEN County.  It was in very good condition.

The spots on the wings were really neat to view upclose.

Karen A Havlena
Ocean Meadows - Ten Mile River Area
North of Fort Bragg, MEN, California
jkhavlena AT yahoo.com    707-964-1280
Subject: Re: Eel River, Mendocino Co.
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:29:50 -0700
Wonderful report(s) George!

Some of these have only been reported from 1 or 2 other spots in Mendo, 
so this is all good news!
I'm hoping one of you "MenOders" will find Band-winged (Western) 
Meadowhawks some time soon.

BTW: We're up to 94 species reported as being on the wing, but no one 
has reported a Northern Spreadwing!!

Cheers!!
Kathy

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George Chaniot wrote:

>     This week I have been working on steelhead surveys in the mainstem Eel
>River between Cape Horn Dam and Dos Rios.  In this capacity I have access
>through private property to a number of sites that are seldom visited.  I
>was the guy in waders with a clipboard writing down what others called out,
>so I was in a good position casually to observe the odonate activity - of
>which there was quite a bit.  Unfortunately I had no binoculars or camera,
>but I did manage to catch a few by hand.
>
>2 Aug 2010   California, Mendocino Co., Eel River below Cape Horn Dam
>=========    ==========================================
>39ş 23' 12.4"     -123ş 06' 58.7"    ~1445 feet elevation
>
>California/Aztec Dancer              20
>Emma's Dancer                              2
>Sooty Dancer                               12
>Western River Cruiser                    2
>Flame Skimmer                              2
>
>2 Aug 2010   California, Mendocino Co., Eel River above Whitney Creek
>=========   ==========================================
>39ş 25' 05.6"      -123ş 07' 45.5"     ~1417 feet elevation
>
>California/Aztec Dancer             200
>Emma's Dancer                              8
>Sooty Dancer                               12
>Blue-eyed Darner                            1
>Pacific Clubtail                               2
>Bison Snaketail                               2
>Gray Sanddragon                            4
>Western Pondhawk                         5
>Common Whitetail                           5
>Eight-spotted Skimmer                   6
>Widow Skimmer                              2
>Flame Skimmer                             15
>Black Saddlebags                            1
>
>4 Aug 2010  California, Mendocino Co., Eel River below Thomas Creek
>=========  ==========================================
>39ş 28' 34.5"  -123ş 08' 48.1"   ~1330 feet elevation
>
>Emma's Dancer                                6
>Sooty Dancer                               200
>Gray Sanddragon                              4
>Western River Cruiser                      2
>Widow Skimmer                                1
>Twelve-spotted Skimmer                  1
>Flame Skimmer                                4
>Red Rock Skimmer                           4
>Pale-faced Clubskimmer                   1
>Black Saddlebags                              1
>
>3 Aug 2010  California, Mendocino Co., Eel River at García Creek
>=========  ======================================
>39ş 29' 31.9"   -123ş 10' 08.5"     ~1306 feet elevation
>
>American Rubyspot                           2
>Emma's Dancer                                10
>Sooty Dancer                                   80
>Bluet sp.                                           1
>Pacific Clubtail                                   2
>Bison Snaketail                                  4
>Pacific Spiketail                                 1
>Eight-spotted Skimmer                      4
>Widow Skimmer                                  2
>Twelve-spotted Skimmer                    2
>Flame Skimmer                                10
>Red Rock Skimmer                             2
>Pale-faced Clubskimmer                     1
>
>3 Aug 2010  California, Mendocino Co., Eel River below Hearst
>=========  ====================================
>39ş 30' 3.7"  -123ş 12' 54.6"     ~1295 feet elevation
>
>spreadwing sp.                                     2
>Emma's Dancer                                    2
>Sooty Dancer                                     20
>bluet sp.                                              5
>Common Green Darner                         1
>Pacific Clubtail                                     1
>Gray Sanddragon                                  6
>Western River Cruiser                          1
>Western Pondhawk                               4
>Eight-spotted Skimmer                         2
>Widow Skimmer                                   25
>Twelve-spotted Skimmer                       1
>Flame Skimmer                                   15
>
>Some of these should be new dots on the maps.   These were my first
>encounters with Red Rock Skimmers in Mendocino Co. although I may have seen
>them near Dos Rios last year at about this same date.
>
>George Chaniot
>Potter Valley, MEN, CA
>
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>
>
>
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Subject: Eel River, Mendocino Co.
From: George Chaniot <chaniot AT pacific.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:13:11 -0700
     This week I have been working on steelhead surveys in the mainstem Eel
River between Cape Horn Dam and Dos Rios.  In this capacity I have access
through private property to a number of sites that are seldom visited.  I
was the guy in waders with a clipboard writing down what others called out,
so I was in a good position casually to observe the odonate activity - of
which there was quite a bit.  Unfortunately I had no binoculars or camera,
but I did manage to catch a few by hand.

2 Aug 2010   California, Mendocino Co., Eel River below Cape Horn Dam
=========    ==========================================
39ş 23' 12.4"     -123ş 06' 58.7"    ~1445 feet elevation

California/Aztec Dancer              20
Emma's Dancer                              2
Sooty Dancer                               12
Western River Cruiser                    2
Flame Skimmer                              2

2 Aug 2010   California, Mendocino Co., Eel River above Whitney Creek
=========   ==========================================
39ş 25' 05.6"      -123ş 07' 45.5"     ~1417 feet elevation

California/Aztec Dancer             200
Emma's Dancer                              8
Sooty Dancer                               12
Blue-eyed Darner                            1
Pacific Clubtail                               2
Bison Snaketail                               2
Gray Sanddragon                            4
Western Pondhawk                         5
Common Whitetail                           5
Eight-spotted Skimmer                   6
Widow Skimmer                              2
Flame Skimmer                             15
Black Saddlebags                            1

4 Aug 2010  California, Mendocino Co., Eel River below Thomas Creek
=========  ==========================================
39ş 28' 34.5"  -123ş 08' 48.1"   ~1330 feet elevation

Emma's Dancer                                6
Sooty Dancer                               200
Gray Sanddragon                              4
Western River Cruiser                      2
Widow Skimmer                                1
Twelve-spotted Skimmer                  1
Flame Skimmer                                4
Red Rock Skimmer                           4
Pale-faced Clubskimmer                   1
Black Saddlebags                              1

3 Aug 2010  California, Mendocino Co., Eel River at García Creek
=========  ======================================
39ş 29' 31.9"   -123ş 10' 08.5"     ~1306 feet elevation

American Rubyspot                           2
Emma's Dancer                                10
Sooty Dancer                                   80
Bluet sp.                                           1
Pacific Clubtail                                   2
Bison Snaketail                                  4
Pacific Spiketail                                 1
Eight-spotted Skimmer                      4
Widow Skimmer                                  2
Twelve-spotted Skimmer                    2
Flame Skimmer                                10
Red Rock Skimmer                             2
Pale-faced Clubskimmer                     1

3 Aug 2010  California, Mendocino Co., Eel River below Hearst
=========  ====================================
39ş 30' 3.7"  -123ş 12' 54.6"     ~1295 feet elevation

spreadwing sp.                                     2
Emma's Dancer                                    2
Sooty Dancer                                     20
bluet sp.                                              5
Common Green Darner                         1
Pacific Clubtail                                     1
Gray Sanddragon                                  6
Western River Cruiser                          1
Western Pondhawk                               4
Eight-spotted Skimmer                         2
Widow Skimmer                                   25
Twelve-spotted Skimmer                       1
Flame Skimmer                                   15

Some of these should be new dots on the maps.   These were my first
encounters with Red Rock Skimmers in Mendocino Co. although I may have seen
them near Dos Rios last year at about this same date.

George Chaniot
Potter Valley, MEN, CA
Subject: Wildlife Extra News - White-faced darter dragonfly reintroduced into Cumbria
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:51:33 -0700
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Very interesting article! And I learned a new word: aforsation: The 
planting of trees on previously open land.
I'm surprised that the species didn't get to the site on it's own once 
the area became usable again, seeing as dragonflies can travel great 
distances.
BTW: The Darter in this article is a Whiteface in our English, a 
/Leucorrhinia/.
There may be a lesson here for us!

Thanks to Ken Wilson for sending me the link.

Cheers!!
Kathy
Subject: Stylurus olivaceus emergence -- American River -- 3 August 2010 [3 Attachments]
From: ylightfoot AT aol.com
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 18:04:29 EDT
Hi folks:
 
Having found Olive Clubtail exuviae along the American River last Friday, I 
 decided to check out another spot along the river, where I have often seen 
them  emerging, today around 11 a.m.  Sure enough, they were coming out.   
Attached are images that show most of the sequence (just emerged individual 
with  wings folded, its exuvia barely visible below it; teneral individual 
in star  thistle, just after its maiden flight; an exuvia left on the 
shoreline). I actually saw a nymph swim up to the shoreline in preparation for 

emergence, but  it snuggled into a secluded spot where I couldn't get a decent 
camera  angle.  Fun to watch.  In a week or two nice adults should be 
flying  around.
 
Cheers,
 
Tim
Subject: Calaveras County
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:41:07 -0700
We're just returned from 4 days in Calaveras County where we gave a 
campfire program Sat. nite at New Melons Lake and then led a walk the 
next morning (Sunday) into Natural Bridges (the place were Coyote Creek 
and formed a  tunnel, 100 yds long, thru limestone that you can swim 
thru!). We made a short foray into Tuolumne County to escape the heat 
(warming up into upper 90s each day).

We arrived at New Melones Friday  eve and awoke the next morning to find 
a swarm of Gliders flying over our campsite....an exciting start of the 
day as we realized that any Glider would be a new county record! We 
eventually found a dead Spot-winged Glider to be the voucher for the 
county. We're pretty certain we also saw a few Wandering Gliders mixed 
into the aggregation, but we couldn't catch one, or get a photo. Also 
frustrating was finding a Twelve-spotted Skimmer at Natural Bridges, but 
not being able to document it either.
Our report (in order noted):

July 31/August 1, 2010
Calavaras County (unless otherwise noted)

Black Saddlebags - seen at Glory Hole Recreation area, at Natural 
Bridges and at the Stanislaus River where it is the county line between 
Calavaras and Tuolumne Counties, east of Calaveras Big Trees SP.

Spot-winged Glider - many groups of ~ a dozen individuals - specimen 
obtained for County record voucher. CA chart #7, OC #.321406 

 

This species seen at Glory Hole Recreation area, Natural Bridges and at 
the Stanislaus River where it is the county line between Calavaras and 
Tuolumne Counties, east of Calaveras Big Trees SP and a specimen 
collected (to show at campfire program) at Beaver Creek in Tuolumne 
County, east of Calaveras Big Trees SP.

Wandering Glider -  a few mixed in with groups of Spot-winged Gliders, 
sight record only, CA chart #7
This species seen at Glory Hole Recreation area and at the Stanislaus 
River where it is the county line between Calavaras and Tuolumne 
Counties, east of Calaveras Big Trees SP.

Vivid Dancer - Angles Creek in Angels Camp, Natural Bridges and at the 
Stanislaus River where it is the county line between Calavaras and 
Tuolumne Counties, east of Calaveras Big Trees SP.

Common Whitetail - Angles Creek in Angels Camp and at Beaver Creek in 
Tuolumne County, east of Calaveras Big Trees SP (specimen caught and 
then released for Campfire program).

Pacific Forktail - Red-tail Hawk Way, Arnold, and at Beaver Creek in 
Tuolumne County, east of Calaveras Big Trees SP.

Western Forktail - Red-tail Hawk Way, Arnold, at Beaver Creek in 
Tuolumne County, east of Calaveras Big Trees SP and at Natural Bridges 
in Calaveras Co.

Blue Dasher - abundant at Red-tail Hawk Way, Arnold.

Widow Skimmer - at Red-tail Hawk Way, Arnold and at Beaver Creek in 
Tuolumne County, east of Calaveras Big Trees SP. Female collected for 
Campfire Program.

Striped Meadowhawk - a few at Red-tail Hawk Way, Arnold and at Beaver 
Creek in Tuolumne County, east of Calaveras Big Trees SP.

Pacific Spiketail - common along  Beaver Creek in Tuolumne County, east 
of Calaveras Big Trees SP and at Natural Bridges in Calaveras Co.

Walker's Darner - common along  Beaver Creek in Tuolumne County, east of 
Calaveras Big Trees SP (specimen caught and then released for Campfire 
program)  and one at Natural Bridges in Calaveras Co.

Grappletail - common along  Beaver Creek in Tuolumne County, east of 
Calaveras Big Trees SP (specimen caught for Campfire program)

Bison Snaketail - some at Beaver Creek in Tuolumne County, east of 
Calaveras Big Trees SP (specimen caught & then released after Campfire 
program)

Bluet sp.- at a pond at  Red-tail Hawk Way, Arnold and at Beaver Creek 
in Tuolumne County, east of Calaveras Big Trees SP and at Natural 
Bridges in Calaveras Co.

Sooty Dancer - a few at Natural Bridges in Calaveras Co.

American Rubyspot - 1 male at Natural Bridges in Calaveras Co.

Blue-eyed Darner - 1 male assumed to be this species at Natural Bridges 
in Calaveras Co.

Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 1 male seen well at Natural Bridges in 
Calaveras Co.  - sight record for Calaveras Co. CA Chart #7

Flame Skimmer - 1 male at Natural Bridges who went into wheel for us and 
then we got to watch the female splash oviposit.  Several males also 
seen at south Fork Calavaras Creek near San Andreas on Aug. 2

20 species. We feel that anyone who lives near this area should be able 
to collect a voucher, either a specimen or photo, of 12-spotted Skimmer 
and Wandering Glider without too much effort.
Interesting is that NO species of Spreadwing has ever been found in 
Calaveras County. We did look!!

Cheers!!
Kathy








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Subject: Re: Darners and Gliders
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:45:01 -0700
Hi Noah and all,

So you're seeing all these Gliders too!
With no storm for them to be following, I wonder what is going on?

Was your

    "Walker's Darner - 1. (bigger than a Blue-eyed with all-black
    stigmas and
    whitish thoracic stripes; I couldn't catch it)."

on moving water, such as a creek? If so, the ID is probably right on.

You also asked:

    Blue-eyed Darner(?) - 1. (a very small and slender andromorph
    female with purple-tinted eyes. Are there any other species this
    could be?)

California Darner would be the other possibility...not sure that the eye 
color is a usable mark in flight. And we all know how difficult it is to 
catch darners.

Thanks for your report(s)!!
Kathy Biggs

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Lori Arthur wrote:

>Hi everybody. It's been a big week of Blue-eyed Darners for me, but I've been 
>frustrated by the near-lack of other aeshnids in most areas. Especially 
>surprising was the nearly unbroken swarms of Blue-eyed at Redwood Park, 
>relatively high in the Oakland Hills with perfect habitat for Aeshna darners. 
Is 

>there any particular place in the East Bay area where Shadow/Paddle-tailed can 

>be found?
>
>At Redwood Park, Oakland on Wednesday: 
>- Blue-eyed Darner - probably hundreds; huge swarms in open areas.
>- Walker's Darner - 1. (bigger than a Blue-eyed with all-black stigmas and 
>whitish thoracic stripes; I couldn't catch it).
>- Common Green-darner - 3.
>- Spot-winged Glider - 1.
>- Black Saddlebags - 1.
>
>At Brookdale Park, Oakland on Thursday:
>- Blue-eyed Darner - 3.
>- Aeshna sp. - 1. (long, slender darner with green markings on thorax and blue 

>on abdomen; I couldn't catch it).
>- Spot-winged Glider - many dozen in a huge swarm that covered the entire 
>ball-field.
>- Wandering Glider - about 3 (mixed in with the Spot-winged swarm).
>
>at a private ranch near Livermore on Saturday:
>- Blue-eyed Darner(?) - 1. (a very small and slender andromorph female with 
>purple-tinted eyes. Are there any other species this could be?)
>- Common Green-darner - 1.
>- Variegated Meadowhawk - 3.
>- Spot-winged Glider - 20+.
>
>-- Noah Arthur, Oakland, CA
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Subject: Re: Gliders migration
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:38:25 -0700
We've just returned from Calaveras County - gliders were all over the 
place, and also in the nearby parts of Tuolumne County we ventured into.
(Yes, we did get specimens from both counties of Spot-winged, we thought 
we saw Wandering Gliders too, but only sight record). I wonder what is 
bringing them out like this?
What is everyone else seeing?
Cheers!!
Kathy

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Doug wrote:

>Today, I noticed large numbers of Gliders flying in a southerly direction here 
in coastal San Diego County. Up to about 6 per hour. 

>
>Doug Aguillard
>San Diego, CA
>doug AT basiclink.com
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Subject: Gliders migration
From: "Doug" <dwaguillard AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:49:05 -0000
Today, I noticed large numbers of Gliders flying in a southerly direction here 
in coastal San Diego County. Up to about 6 per hour. 


Doug Aguillard
San Diego, CA
doug AT basiclink.com
Subject: Darners and Gliders
From: Lori Arthur <loriarthur61 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 19:31:33 -0700 (PDT)
Hi everybody. It's been a big week of Blue-eyed Darners for me, but I've been 
frustrated by the near-lack of other aeshnids in most areas. Especially 
surprising was the nearly unbroken swarms of Blue-eyed at Redwood Park, 
relatively high in the Oakland Hills with perfect habitat for Aeshna darners. 
Is 

there any particular place in the East Bay area where Shadow/Paddle-tailed can 
be found?

At Redwood Park, Oakland on Wednesday: 
- Blue-eyed Darner - probably hundreds; huge swarms in open areas.
- Walker's Darner - 1. (bigger than a Blue-eyed with all-black stigmas and 
whitish thoracic stripes; I couldn't catch it).
- Common Green-darner - 3.
- Spot-winged Glider - 1.
- Black Saddlebags - 1.

At Brookdale Park, Oakland on Thursday:
- Blue-eyed Darner - 3.
- Aeshna sp. - 1. (long, slender darner with green markings on thorax and blue 
on abdomen; I couldn't catch it).
- Spot-winged Glider - many dozen in a huge swarm that covered the entire 
ball-field.
- Wandering Glider - about 3 (mixed in with the Spot-winged swarm).

at a private ranch near Livermore on Saturday:
- Blue-eyed Darner(?) - 1. (a very small and slender andromorph female with 
purple-tinted eyes. Are there any other species this could be?)
- Common Green-darner - 1.
- Variegated Meadowhawk - 3.
- Spot-winged Glider - 20+.

-- Noah Arthur, Oakland, CA
Subject: Notes from the field -- 22 through 30 July, 2010
From: ylightfoot AT aol.com
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:30:34 EDT
Hi folks:
 
Was on a brief trip to Plumas and Lassen counties from 22-24 July, and  
while the trip wasn't made entirely to look for odonates, I did stop at few  
spots looking for them and made a few observations of potential interest:
 
22 July
 
At Willow Lake in Plumas County, I could not find any Belted Whitefaces,  
though there were some whitefaces flying.  Those caught were Hudsonian, and  
Dot-taileds were also seen.  Some others seen briefly could have been  
Belted, and I hold out hope the species still survives there, its only known  
California location. I encourage you to go looking for them there! It is not 

only a beautiful location with other interesting odonates (e.g., Taiga  
Bluet and Chalk-fronted Corporal were seen there), but there are calling Yellow 

 Rails in the marsh at the north end of the lake!
 
23 July
 
River Jewelwings were flying in nice numbers at a number of spots along the 
 Susan River in Susanville, Lassen County, downstream from the Alexander 
Avenue  bridge across the river along the bike and hiking trail down to the 
Little  League fields.  Also a few Great Basin Snaketails (these may become 
more  common in the next few weeks).
 
24 July
 
A nice male Cherry-faced Meadowhawk was netted at Willow Creek Wildlife  
Area along Hwy 139 north of Susanville, and lots of other nice odonates and  
butterflies were flying there, too.
 
Shotoverin Lake, near Silver Lake just east of the Caribou Wilderness Area, 
 is a beautiful little lake with very few visitors, and on this date it was 
 loaded with Chalk-fronted Corporals (the most common odonate!), plus nice  
numbers of Crimson-ringed Whitefaces.  In a small marshy swale on the edge  
of the Silver Lake Campground were plenty of wildflowers, butterflies and  
odonates such as Lyre-tipped Spreadwings and Mountain Emeralds.  I didn't  
have time to stop and check the nearby Cooper Swamp (one of only two known 
sites  in the state for Sedge Sprite; the other is Willow Lake), but water 
levels  looked high there and it should remain well worth a visit for a number 
of weeks  to come.  There are so many great lakes, bogs and creeks in the 
Silver Lake  area and the adjacent wilderness that you could spend a couple of 
weeks there  and not visit them all.
 
30 July
 
Olive Clubtails are already flying along the American River here in  
Sacramento, I found three exuviae along the riverbank along the parkway behind 

Rio Americano High School.
 
Cheers,
 
Tim Manolis
Subject: New county record reports
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:38:26 -0700
*Several people have provided new county upgrades of prior sighting only 
records. Please update your maps &/or Excel Charts!
Thanks to those who checked their photos and specimens against the 'hit 
list'.
I hope to receive a few more records/photos soon.
Thanks again!!
Kathy Biggs
-----------------------------

*

*27 June 2009*
_*Common Whitetail, /Plathemis lydia /*_//
_*Los Angeles County*_*_ _
*Kimball L. Garrett
Rocky Oaks Park
/male/  PHOTO record, upgrades prior sighting only record - listed under 
#7 CA Chart, OC# 321224 

 


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*May 4, 2008
**_Western Pondhawk_*_ */Erythemis collocata /*_*/-/*

*_Solano County_*

*Zack Smith*

Putah Creek, exactly on the Yolo/Solano line

  *__**//*Photo of female, upgrades former sight only record - listed 
under #7, OC # 321244 

 

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*June 7, 2007
**/_Libellula pulchella  _/_Twelve-spotted Skimmer _*

_Colusa County_

*Greg Kareofelas  *

Little Stony Creek at Goat Mt. Rd.

*__*CA Chart #28, specimen upgrade of prior sighting only record.* OC#: 
*321227 

 

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*July 15, 2006***

*_Chalk-fronted Corporal_**_  _**/_Ladona julia_/**__*

_Shasta  County_
John Sterling 

Reflection Lake Shasta County

photo upgrade of prior sighting only record CA Chart #66 OC# 321229 

 


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Subject: Re: 19-species day in Pleasanton/Livermore
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:19:14 -0700
Oh, I don't think any of us get 'used to' River Cruisers: they are 
always a thrill!!
On the Pondhawks vs the Dashers, sometimes from the side you can see the 
pale area under segs 1-3 on the dashers and sometimes faint striping on 
the sides of the thorax, otherwise, without a facial view they can be 
difficult to separate.
Cheers!!
Kathy

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Lori Arthur wrote:

>Hi everybody. Today I oded Del Valle Rec Area in Livermore and my usual 
ditches 

>around Pleasanton Tennis and Community Park and Pleasanton Sports Park in 
>Pleasanton. I managed to get 19 species, with a possible 20th; an immature 
male 

>bluet in an area where I've found Arroyo but not Tule before, but couldn't 
catch 

>it so I can't be sure. The highlight was a Western River-cruiser patrolling a 
>slow-moving river at Del Valle, a lifer for me (although probably "not all 
that" 

>to most ode-watchers). 
>
>
>The list:
>- American Rubyspot - 1 huge, brilliant male at Del Valle
>- Vivid Dancer - about 5 in Pleasanton
>- Tule Bluet - a few at each location
>- Black-fronted Forktail - hundreds in Pleasanton
>- Pacific Forktail - a few at each location
>- Western Forktail - numerous in Pleasanton; difficult to pick out of the 
swarms 

>- Common Green-darner - 1 at Del Valle; a few in Pleasanton
>- Blue-eyed Darner - many at Del Valle; few in Pleasanton
>- Western River-cruiser - 1 at Del Valle; lifer for me
>- Eight-spotted Skimmer - a few at Del Valle
>- Widow Skimmer - 3 at Del Valle
>- Flame Skimmer - many at each location
>- Common Whitetail - a few at each location; more at Del Valle
>- Red-veined Meadowhawk - 2 in Pleasanton
>- Variegated Meadowhawk - a few at Del Valle
>- Blue Dasher - many in Pleasanton
>- Western Pondhawk - one female in Pleasanton; I can't tell the males from 
Blue 

>Dashers
>- Black Saddlebags - a few at Del Valle; 1 in Pleasanton
>- Spot-winged Glider - 1 at Del Valle
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Subject: 19-species day in Pleasanton/Livermore
From: Lori Arthur <loriarthur61 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:35:46 -0700 (PDT)
Hi everybody. Today I oded Del Valle Rec Area in Livermore and my usual ditches 

around Pleasanton Tennis and Community Park and Pleasanton Sports Park in 
Pleasanton. I managed to get 19 species, with a possible 20th; an immature male 

bluet in an area where I've found Arroyo but not Tule before, but couldn't 
catch 

it so I can't be sure. The highlight was a Western River-cruiser patrolling a 
slow-moving river at Del Valle, a lifer for me (although probably "not all 
that" 

to most ode-watchers). 


The list:
- American Rubyspot - 1 huge, brilliant male at Del Valle
- Vivid Dancer - about 5 in Pleasanton
- Tule Bluet - a few at each location
- Black-fronted Forktail - hundreds in Pleasanton
- Pacific Forktail - a few at each location
- Western Forktail - numerous in Pleasanton; difficult to pick out of the 
swarms 

- Common Green-darner - 1 at Del Valle; a few in Pleasanton
- Blue-eyed Darner - many at Del Valle; few in Pleasanton
- Western River-cruiser - 1 at Del Valle; lifer for me
- Eight-spotted Skimmer - a few at Del Valle
- Widow Skimmer - 3 at Del Valle
- Flame Skimmer - many at each location
- Common Whitetail - a few at each location; more at Del Valle
- Red-veined Meadowhawk - 2 in Pleasanton
- Variegated Meadowhawk - a few at Del Valle
- Blue Dasher - many in Pleasanton
- Western Pondhawk - one female in Pleasanton; I can't tell the males from Blue 

Dashers
- Black Saddlebags - a few at Del Valle; 1 in Pleasanton
- Spot-winged Glider - 1 at Del Valle
Subject: Re: Sight Record Hit List
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:37:47 -0700
John (and all),
Wonderful that you have photos as vouchers for those species!
Could you put a copy of the photo(s) in the CalOdes County Record Photos 
Folder and then let me know when you've done so.
I'll mark those species as photo vouchered on the Excel Chart with your 
# (66) on the chart!
It would be good if you could also enter them in the Odonata Central 
(OC) database: http://www.odonatacentral.org/
You'll need to sign in at OC to do so. It can be difficult to enter data 
there, and if you have problems let me know and I'll enter them, 
although getting an exact GPS coordinate is important.
Cheers!!
Kathy

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John Sterling wrote:

> I have photos for
>
>  
>
> Chalk-fronted Corporal in Shasta
>
>  
>
> Blue-ringed Dancer for Inyo
>
>  
>
> Spot-winged Glider for Sutter
>
>  
>
> John Sterling
>
> VVVVVVVVVV
>
>  
>
> 26 Palm Ave
>
> Woodland, CA  95695
>
> cell 530 908-3836
>
> jsterling AT wavecable.com
>
> *Birding Classes, photos etc www.sterlingbirds.com*
>
>  
>
>  
>
> *From:* CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com] *On 
> Behalf Of *Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
> *Sent:* Monday, July 26, 2010 12:10 PM
> *To:* CalOdes; Greg Kareofelas; Ali Sheehey
> *Subject:* [CalOdes] Sight Record Hit List
>
>  
>
>  
>
> Hello all,
>
> I was just looking at the Calif. Distribution Chart for Dragonflies. I 
> noticed that there are a LOT of Sight records that need upgrading to 
> photo or specimen vouchers.
> I believe that some of you probably have photos, or possibly 
> specimens, of some of these species. Please let me know if you do 
> (send photos), and otherwise consider this a 'hit' list and please try 
> to find them for documentation:
>
> *Alameda County
> *Black Spreadwing
> Twelve-spotted Skimmer 
>
> *Alpine County
> *Mountain Emerald
> Western Pondhawk 
> Wandering Glider
> Black Saddlebags 
>
> *Amador County*
> American Emerald
>
> *Calavaras County*
> Twelve-spotted Skimmer
> Wandering Glider
>
> *Colusa County*
> Twelve-spotted Skimmer
>
> *Contra Costa County*
> Wandering Glider
>
> *Del Norte County*
> Spot-winged Glider
>
> *El Dorado County*
> Wandering Glider
>
> *Glenn County*
> Sinuous Snaketail
> Twelve-spotted Skimmer
> Wandering Glider
>
> *Humboldt County*
> Wandering Glider
>
> *Inyo County*
> Blue-ringed Dancer
>
> *Kern County*
> Twelve-spotted Skimmer
> Four-spotted Skimmer
> Mexican Amberwing   
>
> *Kings County*
> Pale-faced Clubskimmer
> Widow  Skimmer
> Blue Dasher 
>
> *Lake County*
> Twelve-spotted Skimmer
> Red Rock Skimmer
> Wandering Glider
>
> *Lassen County*
> Pacific Spiketail 
> Western River Cruiser
> Red Rock Skimmer
> Wandering Glider
> Spot-winged Glider
> *
> Los Angeles County*
> Common Whitetail   
>
> *Madera County*
> Familiar Bluet
> Spot-winged Glider
>
> *Marin County*
> Wandering Glider
> *
> Mariposa County*
> Familiar Bluet
> Blue Dasher 
> *
> Merced County*
> Sooty Dancer  
> Flame Skimmer
> Blue Dasher 
> Spot-winged Glider
> Black Saddlebags   
>
> *Modoc County*
> Western River Cruiser
> Wandering Glider
> Spot-winged Glider
> *
> Mono County
> *Giant Darner
>
> *Napa County*
> Spot-winged Glider
>
> *Nevada County*
> Common Green Darner  
> Western River Cruiser
>
> *Orange County*
> Hoary Skimmer
>
> *Plumas County*
> Widow  Skimmer  
>
> *Riverside County*
> Common Whitetail       
>
> *Sacramento County*
> Sooty Dancer 
> Red Saddlebags
>
> *San Benito County*
> Eight-spotted Skimmer 
>
> *San Bernardino County*
> Giant Darner 
> Wandering Glider
>
> *San Francisco County*
> Pacific Spiketail 
> Eight-spotted Skimmer
> Red-veined Meadowhawk   
> Striped Meadowhawk  
> Red Saddlebags
>
> *San Joaquin County*
> Wandering Glider
>
> *San Luis Obispo County*
> Wandering Glider
> Red Saddlebags
>
> *San Mateo County*
> Western River Cruiser
> Red Rock Skimmer
> Black Saddlebags
>
> *Santa Barbara County*
> Pacific Spiketail 
> Pale-faced Clubskimmer
>
> *Santa Cruz County*
> Northern Spreadwing   
> Emerald Spreadwing 
> Twelve-spotted Skimmer 
> Red Saddlebags
>
> *Shasta County
> *Chalk-fronted  Corporal *
>
> Sierra County*
> Western Pondhawk  
> Blue Dasher
> Black Saddlebags 
>
> *Siskiyou County*
> Sooty Dancer
> Wandering Glider   
>
> *Solano County*
> Western Pondhawk
> Wandering Glider 
>
> *Sonoma County*
> Northern Spreadwing 
>
> *Sutter County*
> Spot-winged Glider
> Black Saddlebags  
>
> *Tehama County*
> Northern Bluet 
> Desert Firetail
> Variable Darner  
> Red Rock Skimmer 
> Wandering Glider
> B-W/Western Meadowhawk
>
> *Tulare County*
> Giant Darner
> Western River Cruiser
>
> *Ventura County*
> Giant Darner
>
> *Yolo County*
> Giant Darner
> B-W/Western Meadowhawk   
>
> *Yuba County
> *Emma's Dancer
> Gray Sanddragon
> Beaverpond Baskettail 
> Pale-faced Clubskimmer
> Twelve-spotted Skimmer 
> Red Rock Skimmer 
> Wandering Glider
>
>
> If you have a photo or specimen of any of these species, please reply 
> to CalOdes and to me personally so we can all update our records. 
> Photos should be added to the CalOdes County Records photo file.
> And, if any of you and make an effort to find these species so we can 
> upgrade their records, that would be wonderful!!
>
> Thanks!!
> Kathy
>
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Subject: RE: Sight Record Hit List
From: "John Sterling" <jsterling AT wavecable.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:15:00 -0700
I have photos for 

 

Chalk-fronted Corporal in Shasta

 

Blue-ringed Dancer for Inyo

 

Spot-winged Glider for Sutter

 

John Sterling

VVVVVVVVVV

 

26 Palm Ave

Woodland, CA  95695

cell 530 908-3836

jsterling AT wavecable.com

Birding Classes, photos etc www.sterlingbirds.com

 

 

From: CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Kathy &/or Dave Biggs
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 12:10 PM
To: CalOdes; Greg Kareofelas; Ali Sheehey
Subject: [CalOdes] Sight Record Hit List

 

  

Hello all,

I was just looking at the Calif. Distribution Chart for Dragonflies. I
noticed that there are a LOT of Sight records that need upgrading to photo
or specimen vouchers.
I believe that some of you probably have photos, or possibly specimens, of
some of these species. Please let me know if you do (send photos), and
otherwise consider this a 'hit' list and please try to find them for
documentation:

Alameda County
Black Spreadwing
Twelve-spotted Skimmer  

Alpine County
Mountain Emerald
Western Pondhawk  
Wandering Glider
Black Saddlebags  

Amador County
American Emerald

Calavaras County
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 
Wandering Glider

Colusa County
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 

Contra Costa County
Wandering Glider

Del Norte County
Spot-winged Glider

El Dorado County
Wandering Glider

Glenn County
Sinuous Snaketail
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 
Wandering Glider

Humboldt County
Wandering Glider

Inyo County
Blue-ringed Dancer 

Kern County
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 
Four-spotted Skimmer 
Mexican Amberwing    

Kings County
Pale-faced Clubskimmer
Widow  Skimmer 
Blue Dasher  

Lake County
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 
Red Rock Skimmer 
Wandering Glider

Lassen County
Pacific Spiketail  
Western River Cruiser
Red Rock Skimmer 
Wandering Glider
Spot-winged Glider

Los Angeles County
Common Whitetail    

Madera County
Familiar Bluet
Spot-winged Glider

Marin County
Wandering Glider

Mariposa County
Familiar Bluet 
Blue Dasher  

Merced County
Sooty Dancer   
Flame Skimmer
Blue Dasher  
Spot-winged Glider
Black Saddlebags    

Modoc County
Western River Cruiser
Wandering Glider
Spot-winged Glider

Mono County
Giant Darner

Napa County
Spot-winged Glider

Nevada County
Common Green Darner   
Western River Cruiser

Orange County
Hoary Skimmer

Plumas County
Widow  Skimmer   

Riverside County
Common Whitetail        

Sacramento County
Sooty Dancer  
Red Saddlebags

San Benito County
Eight-spotted Skimmer  

San Bernardino County
Giant Darner  
Wandering Glider

San Francisco County
Pacific Spiketail  
Eight-spotted Skimmer 
Red-veined Meadowhawk    
Striped Meadowhawk   
Red Saddlebags

San Joaquin County
Wandering Glider

San Luis Obispo County
Wandering Glider
Red Saddlebags

San Mateo County
Western River Cruiser
Red Rock Skimmer 
Black Saddlebags 

Santa Barbara County
Pacific Spiketail  
Pale-faced Clubskimmer

Santa Cruz County
Northern Spreadwing    
Emerald Spreadwing  
Twelve-spotted Skimmer  
Red Saddlebags

Shasta County
Chalk-fronted  Corporal 

Sierra County
Western Pondhawk   
Blue Dasher
Black Saddlebags  

Siskiyou County
Sooty Dancer 
Wandering Glider    

Solano County
Western Pondhawk 
Wandering Glider  

Sonoma County
Northern Spreadwing  

Sutter County
Spot-winged Glider
Black Saddlebags   

Tehama County
Northern Bluet  
Desert Firetail
Variable Darner   
Red Rock Skimmer  
Wandering Glider
B-W/Western Meadowhawk 

Tulare County
Giant Darner
Western River Cruiser

Ventura County
Giant Darner

Yolo County
Giant Darner
B-W/Western Meadowhawk    

Yuba County
Emma's Dancer
Gray Sanddragon
Beaverpond Baskettail  
Pale-faced Clubskimmer
Twelve-spotted Skimmer  
Red Rock Skimmer  
Wandering Glider


If you have a photo or specimen of any of these species, please reply to
CalOdes and to me personally so we can all update our records. Photos should
be added to the CalOdes County Records photo file.
And, if any of you and make an effort to find these species so we can
upgrade their records, that would be wonderful!!

Thanks!!
Kathy




  

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Subject: Sight Record Hit List
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:09:50 -0700
Hello all,

I was just looking at the Calif. Distribution Chart for Dragonflies. I 
noticed that there are a LOT of Sight records that need upgrading to 
photo or specimen vouchers.
I believe that some of you probably have photos, or possibly specimens, 
of some of these species. Please let me know if you do (send photos), 
and otherwise consider this a 'hit' list and please try to find them for 
documentation:

*Alameda County
*Black Spreadwing
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 

*Alpine County
*Mountain Emerald
Western Pondhawk 
Wandering Glider
Black Saddlebags 

*Amador County*
American Emerald

*Calavaras County*
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Wandering Glider

*Colusa County*
Twelve-spotted Skimmer

*Contra Costa County*
Wandering Glider

*Del Norte County*
Spot-winged Glider

*El Dorado County*
Wandering Glider

*Glenn County*
Sinuous Snaketail
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Wandering Glider

*Humboldt County*
Wandering Glider

*Inyo County*
Blue-ringed Dancer

*Kern County*
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Four-spotted Skimmer
Mexican Amberwing   

*Kings County*
Pale-faced Clubskimmer
Widow  Skimmer
Blue Dasher 

*Lake County*
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Red Rock Skimmer
Wandering Glider

*Lassen County*
Pacific Spiketail 
Western River Cruiser
Red Rock Skimmer
Wandering Glider
Spot-winged Glider
*
Los Angeles County*
Common Whitetail   

*Madera County*
Familiar Bluet
Spot-winged Glider

*Marin County*
Wandering Glider
*
**Mariposa County*
Familiar Bluet
Blue Dasher 
*
**Merced County*
Sooty Dancer  
Flame Skimmer
Blue Dasher 
Spot-winged Glider
Black Saddlebags   

*Modoc County*
Western River Cruiser
Wandering Glider
Spot-winged Glider
*
**Mono County
*Giant Darner

*Napa County*
Spot-winged Glider

*Nevada County*
Common Green Darner  
Western River Cruiser

*Orange County*
Hoary Skimmer

*Plumas County*
Widow  Skimmer  

*Riverside County*
Common Whitetail       

*Sacramento County*
Sooty Dancer 
Red Saddlebags

*San Benito County*
Eight-spotted Skimmer 

*San Bernardino County*
Giant Darner 
Wandering Glider

*San Francisco County*
Pacific Spiketail 
Eight-spotted Skimmer
Red-veined Meadowhawk   
Striped Meadowhawk  
Red Saddlebags

*San Joaquin County*
Wandering Glider

*San Luis Obispo County*
Wandering Glider
Red Saddlebags

*San Mateo County*
Western River Cruiser
Red Rock Skimmer
Black Saddlebags

*Santa Barbara County*
Pacific Spiketail 
Pale-faced Clubskimmer

*Santa Cruz County*
Northern Spreadwing   
Emerald Spreadwing 
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 
Red Saddlebags

*Shasta County
*Chalk-fronted  Corporal *
**
Sierra County*
Western Pondhawk  
Blue Dasher
Black Saddlebags 

*Siskiyou County*
Sooty Dancer
Wandering Glider   

*Solano County*
Western Pondhawk
Wandering Glider 

*Sonoma County*
Northern Spreadwing 

*Sutter County*
Spot-winged Glider
Black Saddlebags  

*Tehama County*
Northern Bluet 
Desert Firetail
Variable Darner  
Red Rock Skimmer 
Wandering Glider
B-W/Western Meadowhawk

*Tulare County*
Giant Darner
Western River Cruiser

*Ventura County*
Giant Darner

*Yolo County*
Giant Darner
B-W/Western Meadowhawk   

*Yuba County
*Emma's Dancer
Gray Sanddragon
Beaverpond Baskettail 
Pale-faced Clubskimmer
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 
Red Rock Skimmer 
Wandering Glider


If you have a photo or specimen of any of these species, please reply to 
CalOdes and to me personally so we can all update our records. Photos 
should be added to the CalOdes County Records photo file.
And, if any of you and make an effort to find these species so we can 
upgrade their records, that would be wonderful!!

Thanks!!
Kathy




 

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Subject: Re: various sightings from this week
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:55:18 -0700
Noah,

Thanks for the reports.
By any chance to you do any photography? I ask because images of female 
Walker's Darner are 'rarer than hen's teeth'!

Also Black Spreadwing is only a sight record for Alameda County, but a 
photo would have to show the appendages well to be documentation. Taking 
a male specimen would work too of course. There is an Excel document 
that shows the known distribution of Calif.'s Dragonflies in the files 
section on CalOdes that you might want to download.

Cheers!!
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Lori Arthur wrote:

>Hi. I've had a lot of time for finding odes this week, but no time to post 
them, 

>so I've got a lot of sightings for one email.
>
>Brookdale Park, Oakland, on Monday:
>- Vivid Dancer - 1.
>- Walker's Darner - 1 teneral andromorph female.
>- Spot-winged Glider - many.
>
>ditches near Pleasanton Tennis and Community Park, on Tuesday:
>- Black Spreadwing - 3.
>- Aztec Dancer
>- California Dancer (not sure of numbers of these two species).
>- Vivid Dancer - 10+ (in one spot on rocks in a large ditch).
>- Arroyo Bluet - 1.
>- Tule Bluet - about 5.
>- Desert Firetail - 3. (incl. an ovipositing pair with a spectacular 
fire-tailed 

>male).
>- Western Forktail - a few.
>- Black-fronted Forktail - hundreds.
>- Pacific Forktail - 2.
>- Common Green-darner - about 10.
>- Blue-eyed Darner - 1+ (one caught, other Rhionaeshna probably this species).
>- Western Pondhawk - 3.
>- Blue Dasher - about 10.
>- Flame Skimmer - about 5.
>- Cardinal Meadowhawk - 2. (both males).
>
>powerline cut near Fleming Meadow, El Dorado County, on Saturday: 
>(not specifically looking for odes, but found a few anyway)
>- Spotted Spreadwing - 3.
>- Pacific Spiketail - about 10.
>- Striped Meadowhawk - many. (clouds of them in one area above sun-dappled 
>forest floor w/ small dead shrubs for perches).
>
>back at Brookdale Park, Sunday.
>- mosaic and/or neotropical darners - 5. (couldn't catch them; the size and 
>structure of the large park field gives the darners the advantage over my 
net). 

>- Spot-winged Glider - many. (one large swarm at one corner of the field; 
>stragglers elsewhere).
>- Wandering Glider - 3. (with the Spot-winged swarm).
>
>-- Noah Arthur, Oakland.
>
>
>
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Subject: July odes in Kern County
From: Ali Sheehey <natureali AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:38:08 -0700
  Hi Kathy and all,

 >I've had 88 species reported as flying, ... !! Amazing year!!

July has been a fun month for me seeing four new life odes in the 
process of photographing Kern odes. I have been adding photos to the 
Kern Co dragonfly list.

The life odes were Band-winged Meadowhawk and Spotted Spreadwing at my 
home pond. Other odes in the pond were Western Forktail, Arroyo Bluet, 
Desert Firetail and Flame Skimmer. Also have a couple of damsels that I 
haven't keyed yet.
Along the Kern River at Delonegha raft takeout. Several life Emma's 
Dancer and Sooty Dancer as well as American Rubyspot and California 
Spreadwing.
On Saturday, there were dozens of Spot-winged Gliders (that refused to 
have their picture taken) and Variegated Meadowhawk in Freeman Canyon 
off of Hwy 178.
I hope to find time to get out more to different habitats and see what 
else is out there.

Ali Sheehey
Weldon, CA
Subject: various sightings from this week
From: Lori Arthur <loriarthur61 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:14:36 -0700 (PDT)
Hi. I've had a lot of time for finding odes this week, but no time to post 
them, 

so I've got a lot of sightings for one email.

Brookdale Park, Oakland, on Monday:
- Vivid Dancer - 1.
- Walker's Darner - 1 teneral andromorph female.
- Spot-winged Glider - many.

ditches near Pleasanton Tennis and Community Park, on Tuesday:
- Black Spreadwing - 3.
- Aztec Dancer
- California Dancer (not sure of numbers of these two species).
- Vivid Dancer - 10+ (in one spot on rocks in a large ditch).
- Arroyo Bluet - 1.
- Tule Bluet - about 5.
- Desert Firetail - 3. (incl. an ovipositing pair with a spectacular 
fire-tailed 

male).
- Western Forktail - a few.
- Black-fronted Forktail - hundreds.
- Pacific Forktail - 2.
- Common Green-darner - about 10.
- Blue-eyed Darner - 1+ (one caught, other Rhionaeshna probably this species).
- Western Pondhawk - 3.
- Blue Dasher - about 10.
- Flame Skimmer - about 5.
- Cardinal Meadowhawk - 2. (both males).

powerline cut near Fleming Meadow, El Dorado County, on Saturday: 
(not specifically looking for odes, but found a few anyway)
- Spotted Spreadwing - 3.
- Pacific Spiketail - about 10.
- Striped Meadowhawk - many. (clouds of them in one area above sun-dappled 
forest floor w/ small dead shrubs for perches).

back at Brookdale Park, Sunday.
- mosaic and/or neotropical darners - 5. (couldn't catch them; the size and 
structure of the large park field gives the darners the advantage over my net).
- Spot-winged Glider - many. (one large swarm at one corner of the field; 
stragglers elsewhere).
- Wandering Glider - 3. (with the Spot-winged swarm).

-- Noah Arthur, Oakland.
Subject: FW: Riverside County Odes ERROR
From: "Peter Siminski" <dsiminski AT dc.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:51:47 -0700
I made an error in identifying the spreadwing in my earlier post.  It is a
Lestes, not Archilestes. Corrected post is below. 

 

  _____  

From: Peter Siminski [mailto:dsiminski AT dc.rr.com] 
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 7:40 PM
To: CalOdes AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Riverside County Odes

 

July 25, 2010

Riverside County

Peter Siminski

 

Lake Fulmor, San Bernardino National Forest, Elev. 5300', N33.80402
W-116.78097; 10:15-12:20, 75-80F, 30% cumulus, light air.

Spotted Spreadwing, Lestes congener 8 including two in-hand.

Tule Bluet, Enallagma carunculatum >85 including 6 in-hand and many tandem
pairs.

Pacific Forktail, Ischnura cervula  32

Rhionaeschna sp. 8

Cardinal Meadowhawk, Sympetrum illotum 10

Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis 4

Flame Skimmer, Libellula saturata 20 including one wheel.

 

Fuller Mill Creek, SBNP, N33.79878 W-116.74807, Elev.5200'; ~9:45am.

Pacific Spiketail, Cordulegaster dorsalis  2
Subject: Riverside County Odes
From: "Peter Siminski" <dsiminski AT dc.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:40:25 -0700
July 25, 2010

Riverside County

Peter Siminski

 

Lake Fulmor, San Bernardino National Forest, Elev. 5300', N33.80402
W-116.78097; 10:15-12:20, 75-80F, 30% cumulus, light air.

California Spreadwing, Archilestes californica 8 including two in-hand.

Tule Bluet, Enallagma carunculatum >85 including 6 in-hand and many tandem
pairs.

Pacific Forktail, Ischnura cervula  32

Rhionaeschna sp. 8

Cardinal Meadowhawk, Sympetrum illotum 10

Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis 4

Flame Skimmer, Libellula saturata 20 including one wheel.

 

Fuller Mill Creek, SBNP, N33.79878 W-116.74807, Elev.5200'; ~9:45am.

Pacific Spiketail, Cordulegaster dorsalis  2
Subject: [Fwd: [SoWestOdes] 25 July 2010: Pinal Co., AZ.]
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:13:48 -0700
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 about the species at 
http://azdragonfly.net/species/antillean-saddlebags
And a comparison page at 
http://azdragonfly.net/species/antillean-saddlebags?azdp=comp
You can see Kerny Lake on his locations site: 
http://azdragonfly.net/kearny-lake

Cheers!!
Kathy

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[SoWestOdes] 25 July 2010: Pinal Co., AZ.
Date: 	Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:55:40 -0000
From: 	pierredeviche 
To: 	SoWestOdes AT yahoogroups.com



July 25, 2010



    1. Kearny Lake, Pinal Co., AZ, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
    2. San Pedro River at Dudleyville, Pinal, AZ, 11:00 – noon
    3. Kelvin Bridge, Pinal, AZ, 12:30 PM – 1 PM



Wonder how to get there? Find out at http://azdragonfly.net




24 species seen:

-          Flame Skimmer: a, b, c

-          Red-tailed Pennant: a

-          Variegated Meadowhawk: a

-          Roseate Skimmer: a

-          Mexican Amberwing: a

-          Red Saddlebags: a, b

-          Black Saddlebags: a, b

-          ANTILLEAN SADDLEBAGS: a, 2+ M (photo on web site)

-          Widow Skimmer: c

-          Blue Dasher: a, c

-          Western Pondhawk: a, c

-          Spot-winged Glider: a

-          Wandering Glider: a

-          Plateau Dragonlet: a, c

-          Blue-eyed Darner: a

-          Common Green Darner: a





-          Familiar Bluet: a, b

-          Powdered Dancer: c

-          Blue-ringed Dancer: b, c

-          Desert Firetail: c

-          Desert Forktail: a

-          Mexican Forktail: a

-          Pacific Forktail: c

-          American Rubyspot: b, c



Pierre Deviche, Phoenix, AZ.



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Subject: Re: OR Dragonfly Blitz
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:32:09 -0700
FYI - new date for blitz:
---

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 heard, we were talking about the weekend of 17 Sep. I was waiting 
to make the announcement to make sure that we settled on a solid date 
first.

I hope that's not a problem for you, Kathy, or anyone else who was 
planning to attend, although I haven't heard from anyone else besides 
the regulars.

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jt_johnson AT comcast.net wrote:

>
> Hi Kathy,
>
> Yes, Sinuous Snaketail (Ophiogomphus occidentis) is a new species for 
> Josephine County, so that would be great if you make sure it is 
> submitted to OdonataCentral. Thanks for the report.
>
> Jim
>
>
> I'm hoping the Oregon and Washington attendees will join the Northwest 
> Ode Discussion Group, and that the northern Calif. attendee will join 
> CalOdes AND the Northwest Ode Discussion Group as Montague, CA is both 
> in CA and sort of part of the Cascades!
>
>
>
>
Subject: Flight data
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:42:40 -0700
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!!
Kathy

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Subject: Josephine Co, OR (workshop)
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:21:30 -0700
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 Ode Discussion Group and the CalOdes Discussion group.

I believe the info below includes one new Josephine Co. distribution 
record, and one new site for Black Petaltail.

I'm hoping the Oregon and Washington attendees will join the Northwest 
Ode Discussion Group, and that the northern Calif. attendee will join 
CalOdes AND the Northwest Ode Discussion Group as Montague, CA is both 
in CA and sort of part of the Cascades!

*Understanding and Identifying Dragonflies Workshop*

*Siskiyou Field Institute, **Deer** **Creek** **Center* Instructors: 
Kathy & Dave Biggs

Attendees: Norm Barrett, Gary Shaffer, Celise Sharpe, Jim Woltanski,

Bruce Donelson & Elizabeth Metcalf, Dennis Deck, Valerie Elliot

Illinois Valley, Josephine County, OREGON

Key:

July 17, 2010

DC=Deer Creek Center/Siskiyou Field Institute -- seep across Deer Creek, 
behind the center (BLM land)

LS=Lake Selmac, North and East Shores,

8$=Eight Dollar Mt. Darlingtonia Seep with boardwalk, Eight Dollar Mt. Rd.

July 18, 2010

IF=Illinois Forks SP, Hwy 199

WMP=Pond at Waldo Mine site, Waldo Rd.

BL=Bolan Lake (accessed via Grayback Rd)

SPECIES LIST -- in ~order found:

   1. Black Petaltail -- DC; 1 male - new site for this species; BL- 5
      males, 1 collected for DNA project
   2. Bison Snaketail -- DC, IF - abundant
   3. Pacific Spiketail -- DC - 1 male photographed
   4. Emma's Dancer -- DC -- a few; IF - some
   5. Common Green Darner -- SL -- a few; IF -  a few
   6. California Darner -- SL -- a few probably this species, none in hand
   7. Blue-eyed Darner -- SL -  a few probably this species; BL -- 1
      male in hand
   8. Pacific Clubtail -- SL -- a few; IF -- a few
   9. Spiny Baskettail -- SL -- a few [lifer for the Biggs, 1male collected]
  10. Widow Skimmer -- SL -- abundant; IF -- one seen by one attendee
  11. Common Whitetail -- SL --many; WMP -- a few
  12. Eight-spotted Skimmer -- SL -- many; IF -- many; WMP -- a few
  13. Twelve-spotted Skimmer -- SL -- a few; IF- a few; WMP-  a few
  14. Flame Skimmer -- SL -- 1-2 males; IF -- 1 male
  15. Blue Dasher -- SL -- many; WMP - many
  16. Western Pondhawk -- SL -- a few males;  WMP -- a few, inc. one female
  17. Black Saddlebag -- SL -- some males; not seen elsewhere!
  18. Vivid Dancer -- SL -- some males; 8$ - few; IF- some
  19. Tule Bluet -- SL -- males and females
  20. Western Forktail -- SL -- males and females
  21. Red-veined Meadowhawk -- IF -- 1 female; WMP -- 1- 2 mature males
  22. Striped Meadowhawk --  IF -- 1-2; WMP -- 1- 2 males
  23. Sooty Dancer -- IF -- 1 teneral male, a few mature
  24. River Jewelwing -- IF -- 6-8 males, no females seen
  25. Grappletail -- IF - 1-2 males
  26. Pacific Forktail -- IF -  a few at Beaverpond; WMP -- a few
  27. Western  Forktail -- IF -  a few; WMP -- a few
  28. Western River Cruiser -- IF (only seen by one attendee)
  29. **Sinuous Snaketail* -- IF -- 1 male photographed -- possibly a
      new county record
  30. Dot-tailed Whiteface -- WMP -- 1 mature male
  31. Cardinal Meadowhawk -- WMP -- 1- 2 mature males
  32. American Emerald -- BL -- some on the wing, many teneral and
      emerging, exuviae abundant
  33. Boreal Bluet -- BL -- abundant
  34. Chalk-fronted Corporal -- BL - ~10 males
  35. Four-spotted Skimmer -- BL -- 1 (male?)

This was a great weekend workshop with wonderful folks and beautiful 
surroundings.
Cheers!!
Kathy Biggs

 

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Subject: Siskiyou Dragonfly Workshop
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:41:50 -0700
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. distribution 
record, and one new site for Black Petaltail.

*Understanding and Identifying Dragonflies Workshop*

*Siskiyou Field Institute, **Deer** **Creek** **Center* Instructors: 
Kathy & Dave Biggs

Attendees: Norm Barrett, Gary Shaffer, Celise Sharpe, Jim Woltanski,

Bruce Donelson & Elizabeth Metcalf, Dennis Deck, Valerie Elliot

Illinois Valley, Josephine County, OREGON

Key:

July 17, 2010

DC=Deer Creek Center/Siskiyou Field Institute -- seep across Deer Creek, 
behind the center (BLM land)

LS=Lake Selmac, North and East Shores,

8$=Eight Dollar Mt. Darlingtonia Seep with boardwalk, Eight Dollar Mt. Rd.

July 18, 2010

IF=Illinois Forks SP, Hwy 199

WMP=Pond at Waldo Mine site, Waldo Rd.

BL=Bolan Lake (accessed via Grayback Rd)

SPECIES LIST -- in ~order found:

   1. Black Petaltail -- DC; 1 male - new site for this species; BL- 5
      males, 1 collected for DNA project
   2. Bison Snaketail -- DC, IF - abundant
   3. Pacific Spiketail -- DC - 1 male photographed
   4. Emma's Dancer -- DC -- a few; IF - some
   5. Common Green Darner -- SL -- a few; IF -  a few
   6. California Darner -- SL -- a few probably this species, none in hand
   7. Blue-eyed Darner -- SL -  a few probably this species; BL -- 1
      male in hand
   8. Pacific Clubtail -- SL -- a few; IF -- a few
   9. Spiny Baskettail -- SL -- a few [lifer for the Biggs, 1male collected]
  10. Widow Skimmer -- SL -- abundant; IF -- one seen by one attendee
  11. Common Whitetail -- SL --many; WMP -- a few
  12. Eight-spotted Skimmer -- SL -- many; IF -- many; WMP -- a few
  13. Twelve-spotted Skimmer -- SL -- a few; IF- a few; WMP-  a few
  14. Flame Skimmer -- SL -- 1-2 males; IF -- 1 male
  15. Blue Dasher -- SL -- many; WMP - many
  16. Western Pondhawk -- SL -- a few males;  WMP -- a few, inc. one female
  17. Black Saddlebag -- SL -- some males; not seen elsewhere!
  18. Vivid Dancer -- SL -- some males; 8$ - few; IF- some
  19. Tule Bluet -- SL -- males and females
  20. Western Forktail -- SL -- males and females
  21. Red-veined Meadowhawk -- IF -- 1 female; WMP -- 1- 2 mature males
  22. Striped Meadowhawk --  IF -- 1-2; WMP -- 1- 2 males
  23. Sooty Dancer -- IF -- 1 teneral male, a few mature
  24. River Jewelwing -- IF -- 6-8 males, no females seen
  25. Grappletail -- IF - 1-2 males
  26. Pacific Forktail -- IF -  a few at Beaverpond; WMP -- a few
  27. Western  Forktail -- IF -  a few; WMP -- a few
  28. Western River Cruiser -- IF (only seen by one attendee)
  29. **Sinuous Snaketail* -- IF -- 1 male photographed -- possibly a
      new county record
  30. Dot-tailed Whiteface -- WMP -- 1 mature male
  31. Cardinal Meadowhawk -- WMP -- 1- 2 mature males
  32. American Emerald -- BL -- some on the wing, many teneral and
      emerging, exuviae abundant
  33. Boreal Bluet -- BL -- abundant
  34. Chalk-fronted Corporal -- BL - ~10 males
  35. Four-spotted Skimmer -- BL -- 1 (male?)

This was a great weekend workshop with wonderful folks and beautiful 
surroundings.
Cheers!!
Kathy Biggs

 

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Subject: Re: Pleasanton sightings yesterday
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:21:45 -0700
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'), but my husband and I have been away at our Shasta 
home (off the grid so no email access) for over a week now and then we 
were in Oregon teaching a 3-day course. While in OR we only had time to 
download email, not write anyone...

Please feel free to report and ask questions, whatever, at any time. 
We're a pretty friendly group and many of us post photos in that section 
of CalOdes website and we help each other with identifications.

I apologize that it took several days to get your message out to the 
group. I have to 'approve' all members first messages (to prevent 
spammers) and we were off the grid for several days after you posted 
before we arrived in OR and could download email.

Keep up the good work and  if you're interested, I'm teaching a workshop 
at Point Reyes the first weekend in August about the dragonflies of the 
Bay Area.

Cheers!!
Kathy Biggs
Ps. Writing this on Tues, but don't know when I'll get a chance to send 
it off....

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Lori Arthur wrote:
> 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% 

> solid. However, I tend to catch every ode that I don't recognize on sight and 

> examine it under magnification, so that helps some with ID. 
>
>
> I was at weedy ditches (I don't know exactly what they're for) near 
Pleasanton 

> Tennis and Community Park yesterday morning and early afternoon, finding 17 
> species, the best of which was the very dull female Desert Firetail, on weeds 
in 

> the ditch adjacent to a small bridge. 
>
>
> Here's the full list:
>
> - Black Spreadwing - 3.
> - California Dancer - about 10.
> - Vivid Dancer - 4.
> - Tule Bluet - about 10.
> - Western Forktail - seemingly many females and only 2 males.
> - Black-fronted Forktail - hundreds; I've scoured the ditches for San 
Francisco 

> Forktail, but never found one)
> - Pacific Forktail - 3.
> - Desert Firetail - 1 dull female.
> - Blue-eyed Darner - 2.
> - Common Green-darner - 3.
> - Black Saddlebags - 2.
> - Cardinal Meadowhawk - 2.
> - Blue Dasher - many.
> - Western Pondhawk - 1.
> - Common Whitetail - 1.
> - Flame Skimmer - about 5.
> - Spot-winged Glider - 3.
>
> -- Noah Arthur, Oakland, CA
>
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Subject: Medicine Lake Highlands (CA)
From: Kathy &/or Dave Biggs <bigsnest AT sonic.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:15:45 -0700
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 and Long-toed Salamander nymph.
Dragonflies included
Emerald Spreadwing - many
No/ Bo Bluet - abundant
Pacific Forktail - few
Western Forktail - some
Blue-eyed Darner - 1 female in hand, others perhaps this species, but in 
all, very few darners
American Emerald - many, the most abundant emerald species
Mountain Emerald - 1 male in hand, other probably this species
Dot-tailed Whiteface - 1 male seen
Eight-spotted Skimmer - few
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - few
Four-spotted Skimmer - 1 or more [spots before our eyes again, although 
the green eyes of the emeralds were more commanding!]
Striped Meadowhawk - few (all young or teneral)
Flame Skimmer - 1 probably this species seen from a distance

We returned via Harris Springs Rd. About 10 miles out from Hiway 89 we 
explored a meadow where we suspected there would be water this year. We 
did find a small pond with many many butterflies and a few dragonflies:
Emerald Spreadwing
Darner sp. (Aeshna type)
Eight-spotted Skimmer
Four-spotted Skimmer

Further out in the meadow were dozens of Mountain Bluebirds. We also saw 
one Horned Lark! We weren't expecting that!

The butterflies at the pond site were amazing. The coordinates for the 
pond are N41 23.277 W121 47.209 Elevation 4575. We were there late 
afternoon, ~5-6 pm.

There were some wildflowers still in bloom too and the ?sage? smelled so 
lovely. A site worth exploring!

Cheers!!
Kathy Biggs

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Subject: Bear Creek, Colusa County -- 17 July 2010
From: ylightfoot AT aol.com
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:54:12 EDT
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 while only 2 folks showed up (Jerry Marinovich and Frank 
Verstraete), we had a great time. This is such a special spot for odonate 
watching 

that, if  you've never been there, you really should check it out.  We saw:
 
 
Common Green Darner (Anax junius) -- only 2-3 patrolling males.
 
Giant Darner (Anax walsinghami) -- might have been up to 5-6 males present  
along a short stretch of the creek, 1-2 almost always in sight.  Caught one 
 male for great in-hand looks.  Frank found a gigantic darner exuviae in  
stream-side sedges that had to have been one of this species.
 
White-belted Ringtail (Erpetogomphus compositus) -- about 10 seen on  
streamside rocks.
 
Gray Sanddragon (Progomphus borealis) -- 3-4 at a shallow-water,  
sand-bottomed inlet beside the stream.
 
Western River Cruiser (Macromia magnifica) -- frequently seen flying by,  
perhaps 3-4.
 
Western Pondhawk (Erythemis collocata) -- rather scarce, only a couple  
seen.  


Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) -- about 20 or so males flying about  
over slow, deep parts of the creek.
 
Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata) -- easily 60 or more along a short  
stretch of the creek. We saw mating and egg deposition by a female whilst  
guarded by a hovering male.
 
Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea) -- one male netted as it flew along  
the creek.  No doubt others seen amongst the hordes of dragonflies over the  
rice country near Williams.
 
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) -- Abundant, 100s seen, not  
just along the creek but on the drive there, over rice fiekls, etc.
 
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata) -- 6-10 along the creek, including one  
ovipositing pair.
 
American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) -- 10 males along the creek.
 
California Dancer (Argia agrioides) -- 20-30, some ovipositing pairs  seen.
 
Sooty Dancer (Argia lugens) -- 14 seen.
 
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum) -- 80-100, including ovipositing  pairs.
 
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) --  a male netted on the creek  coming 
down from Wilbur Hot Springs.
 
Northern Bluet (Enallagma annexum) -- 80-100, including ovipositing pairs  
(one female seen ovipositing alone whilst completely submerged about 5 cm 
below  the surface).
 
Desert Forktail (Ischnura barberi) -- 18, mostly males, seen at a salt  
grass-edged stretch of the Wilbur Hot Springs creek a short distance below the 

gate to the hot springs.
 
Pacific Forktail (Ischnura cervula) -- about 10 seen.
 
Western Forktail (Ischnura perparva) -- only 2 mature females seen.
 
Cheers,
 
Tim Manolis
Subject: Re: Pleasanton sightings yesterday
From: Bob Miller <bob.miller AT mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:35:11 -0700 (GMT-07:00)




Subject: Pleasanton sightings yesterday
From: Lori Arthur <loriarthur61 AT yahoo.com>

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:49:56 -0700 (PDT)


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% 

solid. However, I tend to catch every ode that I don't recognize on sight and 
examine it under magnification, so that helps some with ID. 


I was at weedy ditches (I don't know exactly what they're for) near Pleasanton 
Tennis and Community Park yesterday morning and early afternoon, finding 17 
species, the best of which was the very dull female Desert Firetail, on weeds 
in 

the ditch adjacent to a small bridge. 


Here's the full list:

- Black Spreadwing - 3.
- California Dancer - about 10.
- Vivid Dancer - 4.
- Tule Bluet - about 10.
- Western Forktail - seemingly many females and only 2 males.
- Black-fronted Forktail - hundreds; I've scoured the ditches for San Francisco 

Forktail, but never found one)
- Pacific Forktail - 3.
- Desert Firetail - 1 dull female.
- Blue-eyed Darner - 2.
- Common Green-darner - 3.
- Black Saddlebags - 2.
- Cardinal Meadowhawk - 2.
- Blue Dasher - many.
- Western Pondhawk - 1.
- Common Whitetail - 1.
- Flame Skimmer - about 5.
- Spot-winged Glider - 3.

-- Noah Arthur, Oakland, CA



      





Subject: Ft. Point yesterday
From: Lori Arthur <loriarthur61 AT yahoo.com>

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:05:41 -0700 (PDT)


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 

as described on Kathy Biggs's website. The males seemed to frequent spots where 

the vegetation was matted down, perching on the horizontal mats of grass, while 

the females were less particular. Also a few Vivid Dancers, seemingly mostly 
females.

-- Noah Arthur, Oakland


      





Subject: 07/15/10: West Pond, Imperial Co., CA
From: "pierrebirding" <deviche AT asu.edu>

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:33:58 -0000


07/15/10: West Pond, Imperial, CA

6:00 AM to 10:30 AM



17 species seen:

-          Red-tailed Pennant

-          Mexican Amberwing

-          Red Saddlebags

-          Black Saddlebags

-          Common Whitetail

-          Widow Skimmer

-          Comanche Skimmer

-          Blue Dasher

-          Western Pondhawk

-          Spot-winged Glider

-          Common Green Darner

-          White-belted Ringtail

-          Russet-tipped Clubtail

-          Powdered Dancer

-          Blue-ringed Dancer

-          Rambur's Forktail

-          American Rubyspot



Pierre Deviche, Phoenix, AZ.





Subject: Red-tailed Pennant in San Diego County
From: "Doug" <dwaguillard AT gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:14:20 -0000


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 
them with numbers ranging around 2-4 each time are Santee Lakes in Santee, and 
a few ponds in the Fallbrook area. 


This morning, I went to my favorite man-made lake at Greenwood Cemetery in San 
Diego. This is a large lake with water lilys for vegitation. It's at this 
location where Pacific Forktails were first found to be flying year round. 
Every now and then, I will find a species, new for the location, but they never 
seem to stay for long. 


On today's visit, I was absolutely surprised to find approximately 20+ 
Red-tailed Pennants flying at this lake with the more common resident odes. 
This is extremely fun, as my list for this lake, just keeps getting bigger and 
bigger. 


Today's sightings:

Common Green Darner: 5
Flame Skimmer: 3
Western Pondhawk: 3
Blue Dasher: 2
Mexican Amberwing: 3
Red-tailed Pennant: 20+
Red Saddlebags: 20+
Pacific Forktails: 5

D Aguillard
dwaguillard AT gmail.com