http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/ California Odonata Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:09:38 GMT Douglas Vaughan http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3534 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3534 To my earlier short list, I should add W. Red Damsel (Amphiagrion abbreviatum) -- 1 female (collected 27 Jun) Yes, I should have recognized it instantly, but I Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:12:43 GMT Kathy &/or Dave Biggs http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3533 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3533 On Sunday Jun 28 I found several hundred LYRE-TIPPED SPREADWINGS at a pond on UC Davis property near Hopland, CA. The pond is at approximately 3k foot Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:41:58 GMT John Hall http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3532 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3532 Date: June 27, 209 Location: Monte Bello OSP pond with brief visit to seep,Santa Clara County Skyline Ridge OSP, Alpine Pond and Horseshoe Lake ,San Mateo Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:32:48 GMT Douglas Vaughan http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3531 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3531 Kathy points out that I didn't mention the dates of our sparse observations. Sorry, I did mean to note the dates. We were in the vicinity of the Lakes Basin Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:50:25 GMT Douglas Vaughan http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3530 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3530 My wife and I spent a few days with friends in the Lakes Basin, Plumas County, and found the birds active but the season a bit early for wildflowers, Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:19:02 GMT John Hall http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3529 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3529 Date: June 11, 2009 Location: Cow Creek (CC) Shasta County Battle Creek Wildlife Area (BCWA) Shasta County Cottonwood Wildlife Area (CWA) Shasta County Jelly's Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:25:21 GMT John Sterling http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3526 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3526 I was with a group of birders, John Luther, Jim Lomax and Steve Glover, looking for birds in Butte County yesterday. We stopped at Cherry Hill Campground on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:07:47 GMT Steve Rottenborn http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3525 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3525 I've checked several areas in Santa Clara County over the past week, the highlights being Red Saddlebags at the South County Regional Wastewater Authority Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:48:45 GMT odonatophilia http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3524 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3524 Imperial County June 29, 2009 West Main Canal at Highway 98 crossing, 10:45-1:15, cloudy with a few sprinkles in the morning, mostly sunny with a wispy breeze Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:44:31 GMT John Hall http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3523 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3523 Date: June 20, 2009 Location: Siskiyou County and Trinity County Observers: John Hall, David Edwards We intended on looking for dragonflies first at Cliff Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:29:24 GMT John Hall http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3522 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3522 Date: June 19, 2009 Location: Mendocino and Glenn Counties, Forest Route 7 over Mendocino Pass Plaskett Lakes in Glenn County Observers: John Hall, David Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:57:40 GMT Lethaby, Nick http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3521 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3521 All: I noticed a post on lacobirds mentioning Mexican Amberwings in the interior part of the Santa Monica mountains, not that far inland from the coast. Are Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:22:06 GMT Ron LeValley http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3520 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3520 Hello all, Charlene McAllister and I visited Sanger Lake in Del Norte County and surroundings on Saturday the 27th. It was slower than I expected for odonates, Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:22:15 GMT Alison Sheehey http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3519 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3519 ... Dennis, Traveling through the country right now and will return on July 20th. I'll try to send photos if I have them. Here are two not great but decent Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:13:07 GMT Dennis Paulson http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3518 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3518 Hello, all. I still need quite a few photos for the eastern North American odonate field guide I'm writing. If anyone has good photos of any of these