California's Year 2016
Dragonfly Reports
Sightings are listed in order from MOST recently to LEAST recently seen!
Please send your sightings, with date, county and location as displayed below to Kathy Biggs and/or the CalOdes Yahoo! Dragonfly discussion group
date (month/day/year)
County (name of county where seen)
your name
place, etc.
species common name &/or scientific name - #s & other data, comments, etc.
species common name &/or scientific name - #s & other data, comments, etc.
See examples below (after dates start)
THANK YOU
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Key:
Species will be posted using either the Common Name or the Scientific Name, whichever the sender uses (inc. using both),
but all first and last sightings of the year, county records, and new flight data will be posted using both names.
To contact the person making the sighting, email Kathy Biggs.
COUNTY RECORDS are underlined and in red text (any new, but prior to 2016 records are listed at the bottom of the page)
OC= Odonata Central
* = first/last sighting of species of year in CA
** = new flight data for species in CA
# = probably a migratory event
MO = many observers (usually means a field trip full of observers)
As of the most recent date below,
100
species (out of the 114 species known to have occurred in California)
have been reported to this site as flying in California in the 2016 season.
24 new California
county records have been reported/discovered/upgraded this year.
(this # includes upgrades of previous ‘sighting only’ & photo
records)
In 2015, new
county records were found by accessing specimens in museum collections or late
reports. All were entered at Odonata Central by “Calif
Records”.
`Sighting
only' records need further documentation, but please report them so we can try
to get substantiation.
County
records should be substantiated with specimen (preferable) or photo and notes. [note:
not all species are identifiable by photos]
Report new county records and early/late flight dates to
Kathy Biggs bigsnest at sonic.net &
Odonata Central (http://odonatacentral.bfl.utexas.edu/records/US_new_records.asp)
for verification
EVERYONE
is encouraged to record flight data for their home &/or favorite county and
to upload such files to CalOdes: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CalOdes/files
&/or Odonata
Central.
December
December 31, 2016
Riverside County
Peter Siminski
Dos Palmas Preserve; Dos Palmas oasis, Felger oasis, Agua Farms and fish ponds; Elev. -100’ to -240’; 7:00-10:40, 48-63F, 30% stratocumulus to clearing, light air. 3.6 miles.
**Rambur’s Forktail, Ischnura ramburii 2 [last report 2016\
December 30, 2016
Humboldt County
Matthew Dodder
Stone Lagoon near Orrick
*Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum – 2 [last report 2016\
We found one more at Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge south of Eureka the day before
Dec 29, 2016
San Benito County
Paul Johnson
Panoche Valley
Variegated Meadowhawk - 3
……
Santa Barbara County
Wim van Dam
Alamo
Pintado Creek in Solvang,- This small creek seems to
start from a nearby spring and its water feels indeed relatively warm. It also
helps that I was 70+ F and sunny
*Vivid Dancers Argia vivida 2 [last report 2016\
*American Rubyspot Hetaerina americana
1 [last report 2016\
Dec 28, 2016
San Benito County
Paul Johnson
Pinnacles National Park
Variegated Meadowhawk - 1
December 22, 2016
Humboldt County
Tony Westkamper
Van
Duzen Watershed
…on the Winter Solstice I walked my
path along the Van Duzen River and counted (n about 500 meters).
Variegated Meadowhawk 12 - 16
They're
back and doing well. This is the greatest number I've seen during my winter
walks for the past several years.
…….
Santa Barbara County
Wim van Dam
Alamo
Pintado Creek in Solvang
4 Vivid
Dancers - Two of them were copulating.
…….
Yuba County
Tim Manolis &
Ellen Manolis
Sacramento Valley Christmas Bird Count,
Variegated
Meadowhawks - a fairly dark, adult male,
hovering over a mud puddle along a dirt road through rice fields.
Later in the afternoon, I saw a Black Phoebe gobble down a
dragonfly; by the size of it, probably another Variegated Meadowhawk.
We also saw a butterfly, one of the painted ladies,
in a residential part of Marysville.
December 2, 2016
Humboldt County
Tony Westkamper
Van
Duzen Watershed Carlotta. On a freshly cut branch on a slash pile in my front
yard.
Variegated Meadowhawk
November
November 18, 2016
Monterey County
Laguna Grande
Park in Seaside
Rita Carratello
**Red
Saddlebags Tramea onusta - a female found and photographed
this is a new late record
for California.
The previous record was 11/5/2015. [last report 2016]
November 17, 2016
Sonoma County
Kathy& Dave Biggs, Delora
Porter
Delora took us to a new place today, between Sebastopol and
Bodega Bay. Sones
Ranch may someday go public, and it has several created and natural ponds, plus
creeks and meadows and redwoods. Today we saw a few species on the wing:
*Common
Green Darner Anax junius [last
report 2016]
*Shadow
Darner Aeshna umbrosa [last
report 2016]
Variegated
Meadowhawk
The
habitat looked good for either Calif. Spreadwing (on the ponds) or Great
Spreadwing, but we saw neither. Great to see some Odes again!!
November 12, 2016
Riverside County
Peter Siminski
Dos Palmas Preserve; Dos Palmas oasis, Felger oasis, Agua Farms and fish ponds; Elev. -100’ to -240’; 7:1 0-11:20, 62-80F, sky 90% cirrus, light air. 3.5 miles.
*Blue-ringed Dancer, Argia sedula 1 [last report 2016]
Rambur’s Forktail, Ischnura ramburii 3
Common Green Darner, Anax junius 11
Variegated Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum 7
*Flame Skimmer, Libellula saturata 1 [last report 2016]
…….
Imperial County
Bob Miller
Alamo River Wetlands Project a few miles east of Brawley… The season slips away!
one Common Green Darner
one Blue-ringed Dancer
November
10, 2016
Sonoma County
Harry Conley
Conley
Pond, Sebastopol
Shadow Darner – a male checked
out the pond late afternoon
November
9, 2016
Sonoma County
Alan Wight
Fountaingrove
Parkway in Santa
Rosa
*Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes – new late date for Sonoma County
[last report 2016]
…
Dave Biggs
Bigsnest
Pond, Sebastopol
Shadow Darner – a male checked
out the pond late afternoon
November
5, 2016
San Mateo County
Michael Dawson
Harborview Park
*Blue-Eyed Darners Rhionaeschna multicolor- several still sticking it out. [last
report 2016]
November 4, 2016
San
Bernardino County
Jim
Pike
Calif
Desert Studies
Center at the end of Zzyzx Road
near Baker
**Great Pondhawk, E. vesiculosa - 2nd
county record, 6th state record, new late flight date by a month and
2 days.
OCTOber
October
21, 2016
Colusa County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Bear
Creek, ¼ mile in on Bear Crk Rd and at bridge over Hwy
20. 4 PM, 80F, 20 mins stop
*Northern Bluet Enallagma annexum – some [last report 2016]
Green Darner – 2, although when
they interacted a black bird swooped down and grabbed at least one of them!
Blue-eyed Darner – 1 male
Flame Skimmer – 1 male
October
20, 2016
Glenn County
Greg Kareofellas
Elk
Creek
*Paltothemis lineatipes Red Rock Skimmer - sight record only CA Chart #28 [last
report 2016]
Little
Stony creek,
*Aeshna walker. Walker’s Darner -- sight record only CA Chart #28 [last
report 2016]
*Hetaerina
Americana American Rubyspot (both male and female) [last report 2016]
*Archilestes
californicus California
Spreadwing [last report 2016]
Sympetrum
corruptum Variegated Meadowhawk
Anax
junius Co, Green Darner
…….
Alameda County
Nancy Asquith
Sunol
Regional Wilderness
*California
Spreadwing Archilestes californicus
– a male [last report 2016]
October
12, 2016
Santa Clara County
Nancy Asquith
Ogier
Ponds
*Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata – several flying [last report 2016]
October 9, 2016
Santa
Barbara County
Doug Karalun
I
visited Badger Basin … hoping to refind the California Spreadwing found by Tom Benson. I
found three individuals that flew anytime I got near enough to swing a
net.
California Spreadwing
*Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum [last
report 2016]
*Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile [last
report 2016]
Vivid Dancer
*Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula [last
report 2016]
*Black-fronted Forktail Ischnura
denticollis [last report 2016]
*Desert Firetail Ischnura barberi
[last report 2016]
Green Darner
Blue-eyed Darner
Variegated Meadowhawk
*Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum [last report 2016]
Flame Skimmer
*Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocata [last
report 2016]
*Pale-faced Clubskimmer Brechmorhoga mendax [last report
2016]
October
7, 2016
San
Francisco County
Paul Saraceni
#.. during 6 hours of bird-migration sky-watching from
Battery Godfrey in San Francisco
(NW corner of SF overlooking Golden Gate Channel/Bridge) during warm easterly
winds, there was a notable movement of dragonflies, though nothing approaching
the magnitude of what was reported from coastal San Mateo Co. the day before.
As we scanned for birds there were always odes visible. The
viewing location is an old artillery battery atop a coastal bluff -- no
freshwater anywhere nearby.
Species observed and conservative estimates:
Common Green
Darner 20+
Blue-eyed Darner 2
Variegated
Meadowhawk 400+
Flame Skimmer ! 2
The Flame Skimmers were of the most interest in
odes-challenged SF -- this species is occasional at best in SF. Species that
are typically observed during these hot weather movements in SF but were
missing yesterday were gliders and Black Saddlebags.
Other insects moving in the warm weather were butterflies
(mostly Monarchs and Red Admirals) and "balloon spiders".
The most prevalent birds on the wing among a nice variety
of migrants were 3000+ Violet-green Swallows in big pulses heading
…….
San Mateo County
Alvaro Jaramillo
Half
Moon Bay
#I
saw one of the best coastal insect migrations in sometime today, and I almost
missed it had I not gone out for a run in the early afternoon.
There
were offshore winds today, which push much of the migration moving south to the
coast. Today at 2:30 pm in Half Moon Bay along the beach a sizeable migration
of Variegated Meadowhawks was easily
visible along the coast.
In
fact they were mostly coming off the ocean, so many of these bugs had been
pushed offshore and were making their way to the East, rather than the south.
I
think they were re-orienting after being pushed offshore. The winds were not
strong, but consistent from the NE; the direction of the bugs was not downwind,
but quartering into them somewhat.
I
made a few counts at the beach, immediately at the shoreline. Then I also made
some more counts inland a few hundred meters where the insects were a bit easier
to see as they were higher up.
At
the beach, they were hugging the surface, very low, perhaps minimizing effect
of the wind there? One can only speculate. In any case, I made counts of bugs
moving across a line approximately 25 m long.
I
counted number of Variegated Meadowhawks crossing in ten seconds. These were
just a few counts, but it gives one an idea of how many individuals were
involved.
The
density was higher inland, rather than at the beach, perhaps they were just
harder to detect at the beach as they were moving so close to the sand?
From
my estimates, I saw 1/sec/25 m inland, and 0.167/sec/25 m at the beach. If
these numbers were consistent, then per hour per km then 24,000 were moving at the beach; and 144,000 a bit inland. Even if I am off by a factor of ten…
these are impressive numbers!!!
Otherwise,
a number of other bugs were associated with them at < 10% of the Variegated
Meadowhawk numbers; Green Darner as
well as Red Admiral (fresh looking individuals), and a few Monarchs.
Monarchs
have been much more common this year moving through Half Moon Bay than I can
ever remember. In the last few days, they have been noticeable and common. The
first showed up in late August.
September
September
26, 2016
San Mateo County
Paul Saraceni
South San Francisco
I
photographed a female-type RED
SADDLEBAGS.
The
location was a brushy area, including a lot of fennel, above a small water
channel adjacent to the entrance kiosk of the Oyster Point
Marina, which is on the
SF Bay-side of San Mateo Co.
(This
ode observation was tangential to a big birding "twitch" which took
place at that location for a first-county-record, mega-rarity Dusky Warbler
found by Ron Thorn on 9/24 and present through 9/26)
September
18, 2016
Mono County
Leslie Flint
River
Springs things were pretty quiet but saw the following:
Mosaic-type Darners - dozens
*Black Meadowhawk Sympetrum danae - females only - 6 [last report 2016]
*Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum costiferum - 4-5 [last
report 2016]
Flame
Skimmer - 6
* *RIVER BLUET
Enallagma anna - 5-10 based on
photos taken [only report 2016]
*Spotted
Spreadwing Lestes congener-
abundant [last report 2016)
Vivid Dancer
- 12+
September
17, 2016
Plumas County
Sandra Hunt-von Arb
Madora Lake in the Eureka Plumas Recreational
Area - beautiful. Saw tons of darners, caught a few and they were
all Shadow Darners. Also there were lots of
*Autumn
Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum in
tandem and ovipositing-year [last report 2016]
Also, single Forktail spp., single Bluet
Spp., and a
single Common Green Darner. I suspect there might be another species of
mosaic type Darner that spent most of its time over the floating vegetation far
from shore.
Mill Pond (aka Yacht Club) in Graeagle.
It's the area's municipal water source. I got there in the late afternoon and
it was already windy but still observed several species, albeit few
individuals.
1-Blue-eyed Darner
1- Mosaic type Darner
1- Striped Meadowhawk
2-Northern/Boreal
Bluets
1- Tule Bluet
September
14, 2016
Calaveras County
Leslie Flint
White Pine
Lake . It was coolish - 59 deg - 63 deg and breezy over 3 hours I was
there.
Mosaic-type darners - never saw one
land - dozens
Common Green Darner - hundreds
Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes
- 2-3
*Band-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum semicinctum
-1 [last report 2016]
Autumn Meadowhawk - 2-3
*Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa – several [last report 2016]
Alpine County.
Hwy
4 @ Mosquito Lake in Much higher here - 6000'? Saw 4
darners flying and one landed on a log nearby and was able to get a few pics.
*Variable Darner Aeshna interrupta [last report 2016[
September
9, 2016
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Medicine Lake Highlands – Blanche, Bullseye,
and No Name Lakes. Plus Little Medicine Lake
and Pumice Stone Well. – by far the most Odes were at Blanche.
Spotted Spreadwing – few
Tule Bluet – only a very few at LML
Aeshna Darner – all caught were Variable, others possible
Common Green Darner – some
Possible Somatochlora
nymph found under rock in dry lake bed along with some froglets.
* *Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
Sympetrum interum – possibly one of this species at Blanche Lake [ONLY report 2016]
Striped Meadowhawk – the most abundant ode at all stops
September
6, 2016
San Mateo County
Leslie Flint
Alpine
Pond. Unfortunately part of the trail that circles the pond was closed because
of bees/wasps, meaning my favorite place for spreadings
was also closed.
Western Pondhawk - 2
*Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis
– 1 [last report 2016]
Flame Skimmer - 6+
Variegated Meadowhawk - 1
Cardinal Meadowhawk - 1
Striped Meadowhawk - 8
Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata – 1
Blue-eyed Darner - 2
Vivid Dancer
- 2
*California Dancer Argia
agrioides – 1 [last report
216]
Bluets - Tule/Arroyo - 10+
September
4, 2016
San Bernardino County
Matthew Grube
the
pond in Nipton
Great Pondhawk Erythemis vesiculosa CA
Chart #144, OC # 454680
also 472541
by Michael Woodruff
September
3, 2016
Siskiyou County
Michelle Gabriel (from England)
Gumboot Lake
* *Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
OC# 456627
[only report 2016]
September
1, 2016
Humboldt County
Tony Westkamper
Van Duzen River
Dozens of Anax junius
one Pale Faced Clubskimmer ovipositing
One Blue Eyed Darner
*Western River Cruiser Macromia
magnifica – one [last report 2016]
AUGUST
August
30, 2016
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs; Celise Sharpe &
Dennis Ball
Juanita Lake and what we call “Strawberry
Ponds” (just sw of McDoel
in the strawberry fields).
Odes
seen at JL unless indicated otherwise.
Spotted Spreadwing – some, other
species unlikely
Tule Bluet – some, other species
unlikely
No/Bo Bluet – some, other species
unlikely
Pacific Forktail – one male, one
female, a few more at strawberry ponds
*Western Forktail Ischnura perparva – few, but abundant at strawberry ponds
[last report 2016]
*Paddle-tailed
Darner Aeshna palmata (in hand) – 1 male, a few others
probably this species [last report 2016]
Common
Green Darner – some
Variegated Meadowhawk- @ strawberry
ponds
*Red-veined Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum – some [last report 2016]
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk - @
strawberry ponds
Band-winged Meadowhawk - @ strawberry
ponds
Striped Meadowhawk – many
*Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum - 4 teneral females and one mature
male
…….
Trinity County
…
a call from a friend who reports thousands and thousands of dragonflies
migrating along Hwy 299 west of Whiskeytown Lake
(reservoir).
She
didn't know the species, but said she'd check her front bumper when she got
home!!!
Now,
to add to that, 8 days ago I saw hundreds of Common Green Darners using the river corridor in the construction
zone (a little further west from where my friend is now).
She
said they're all over the river corridor and the highway now and even noted a
stream of them coming from a drainage to the north.
August
28, 2016
Sonoma County
Dave
Barry
A Place to Play Park.
Santa Rosa
Common
Green Darner
Pacific Forktail,
Tule Bluet,
Flame Skimmer,
Blue Dasher,
Blue-eyed Darner,
Black Saddlebags
…….
Mono County
Kristie Nelson
Dechambeau Ponds.
Highlight was a Common Whitetail
- sounds like they are not much known from Mono Co.
It was at the far south pond, and
briefly landed for me to get a photo & confirm it was a Common
& not a desert. Bleached skimmers
present - some ovipositing.
In addition to some bluet & damsel spp.'s, I estimated at least:
Spotted (I think) Spreadwings --- 20
western forktail 5
Blue-eyed darner 12
Band-winged Meadowhawk 5
Black Meadowhawk
15
*Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum
costiferum 50 [last report of 2016)
Variegated MH 12
*Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocata
10
*Eight-spotted skimmer Libellula forensis
20+ [last report of 2016)
*!! Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia
1 (maybe a second) New county record for Mono. CA chart #, OC# tbd
Bleached Skimmer 6+
Flame
Skimmer 15
August
26, 2016
Imperial County
Nathan Moorhatch
Calexico
Ode expedition.....found along the All
American Canal
adjacent to Hwy. 111
* *Brimstone Clubtail Stylurus intricatus [ONLY report 2016]
*Russet-tipped Clubtail Stylurus plagiatus [last report
2016]
*White-belted Ringtail Erpetogomphus compositus – in wheel [last report 2016]
*Mexican Amberwing Perithemis intensa [last report2016]
*Powdered Dancer Argia moesta [last report2016]
August
25, 2016
Humboldt County
Sandra Hunt-von Arb
A quick unplanned stop at the Korbel Ponds (private) yielded a pair of Blue-eyed darners
(Rhionaeschna multicolor). The blue
form female had more green to her coloring than I'm used to seeing, even though
it matches the picture in Paulson's western guide. She also had more tint in
her wings than I'm used to and the smallest thoracic frontal stripes I've seen
on this species.
Blue-eyed darners (Rhionaeschna multicolor)
Paddle-tailed Darner (Aeshna
palmata) likely
Western Pondhawk (Erythemis
collocata)
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax
longipennis)
Cardinal Meadowhawk (Sympetrum
illotum)
Western Forktail (Ischnura perparva)
Pacific Forktail (Ischnura
cervula)
No skimmers, but they don't seem to stay out as late.
…….
San Bernardino County
Steve Myers, Jennifer Tobin, Michelle
Tobin, Vesta Myers
this morning at the Deep Creek site near Lake Arrowhead
*Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis) OC #453895
[last report 2016!]
August
24, 2016
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs; Celise Sharpe &
Dennis Ball
Martin’s
Dairy, NE of Yreka, drier than usual and trashed by off-roaders
No/Bo Bluet
Vivid Dancer
Variable Darner
Co Green Darner
Striped Meadowhawk
Orr Lake,
near Bray, CA and the meadow along Butte Ck on the way into the lake
*Black Spreadwing Lestes stultus – 2 males in hand; only 2nd
time this species found there last 10 yrs. [last report 2016]
Spotted Spreadwing - few
Pacific Forktail – a few
Western Forktail
– a few
No/Bo Bluet – very few
*Pacific Spiketail Cordulegaster dorsalis –
along Butte Ck. [last report 2016]
Blue Dasher – one male
Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis – one male [last report 2016]
Co Green Darner – a few
Aeshna
sp – probably Variable
And
a whole mess of Meadowhawks!!
*White-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum obtrusum – some
[last report 2016]
Western Meadowhawk – many
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk – LOTS
Striped Meadowhawk – some
No
Variegated Meadowhawk!!
August
22, 2016
Marin
County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Martin Griffin Preserve of Audubon
Canyon Ranch
Blue-eyed Darner
- 1
Pacific Spiketail -
2
Cardinal Meadowhawk
- 1
*Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens - +/- 12 [last report 2016]
Vivid Dancer -
dozens
I have seen Pacific Spiketail many times, but was really
delighted that one was perched by the ponds just 6 inches off the ground.
August
23, 2016
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Pumice
Stone Well, Harris Springs Rd,
Medicine Lake Highlands
A
short stop revealed that the Emeralds are over with L
Western Forktail – One (only) pruinose female, no
other damselflies
Variable Darner – several in hand
and photographed in wheel
Co Green Darner – several
Striped Meadowhawk – a few
August
21, 2016
Plumas County
Sandra Hunt-von Arb + MO
Dragonfly
Class/Field Trip for the Grebe Festival at Willow Lake
Highlight
was finding a Canada Darner.
It
was patrolling the edge of a floating sphagnum moss island on the east side of
the lake and would foray into the center of the island periodically.
A
paddle-tailed Darner was netted a short while later in the same spot.
Species
encountered were:
Common Green Darner
Paddle-tailed Darner
* *Canada
Darner Aeshna canadensis [first
report in CA since 2013, only report in 2016 – kb]
Striped Meadowhawk
Band-winged Meadowhawk
White-faced Meadowhawk
*Northern Spreadwing Lestes disjunctus [last
report 2016]
Vivid Dancer
*Boreal Bluet Enallagma boreale (in hand) [last report 2016]
Tule Bluet
Pacific Forktail
Notably
absent considering their being present in significant numbers a month ago were
Chalk-fronted
Corporal
American Emerald
Dot-tailed Whiteface
Emerald Spreadwing
Only
one participant fell through the floating sphagnum moss getting completely wet
including camera and binoculars.
He
survived unharmed except perhaps his ego, and took it like a champ.
I
mention this mostly to warn anyone going there. It's important to test every
step, and I mean EVERY STEP, before putting your full weight down when on the
floating mats.
August
14, 2016
San Bernardino County
Matt Grube
San
Timoteo Creek in Redlands.
* *Filigree Skimmer Pseudoleon superbus – 1 photographed 452961
[only report 2016]
Last
year there were both a male and female in this area, and we even saw a female
ovipositing. However, the area was completely bulldozed with all the
vegetation removed and the dirt turned over and leveled.
The Filigree was seen near a small pond just downstream from the second dam
structure when entering from the Fern
Ave side. Approx GPS: 34.031134, -117.206072
Flame Skimmer,
*Neon Skimmer, Libellula croceipennis [last report 2016]
Red Rock Skimmer,
Blue Dasher,
Western Pondhawk,
Pale-faced Clubskimmer,
Common Green Darner,
Wandering Glider,
*Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea - likely this species on a flyby [last report
2016]
August
13/14, 2016
San Bernardino County
Doug Karalun
Colorado
River Temp was 112.
American Rubyspot
Familiar Bluet 53016
* *Double-striped Bluet Enallagma
basidens (Jack Smith Park in Needles) 453022
[only report]
Powdered Dancer 453021
453015
Blue-ringed Dancer (Jack Smith Park in Needles)
Rambur's Forktail (Jack Smith Park in Needles) 453026
Green Darner
White-belted Ringtail 453023
453021
Blue Dasher
Western Pondhawk
*Comanche Skimmer Libellula comanche 453017
[last report 2016]
Widow Skimmer 453025
453014
*Twelve-spotted Skimmer Libellula pulchella (photographed at Bullfrog Day Use
Area) Upgrade of prior sight only record. CA Chart #146, OC # 453013
[male with very pale wingtips –kb] [last report 2016]
Wandering Glider
Spot-winged Glider 453024
Red Saddlebags
Black Saddlebags
August
13, 2016
San Francisco County
Hugh Ranson and friend
Fort
Point in San Francisco
I
didn't know I would be going there so hadn't brought a camera, hand lens, etc.
There was a small pool in the roadside ditch about 300 yards before the
fort…
*San
Francisco Forktail Ischnura
geminaI
counted at least 17 [last report 2016]
One
even landed on me and allowed inspection of his appendages through the wrong
end of my binoculars. Photos taken with my friend's phone.
August
9, 2016
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs; Celise Sharp &
Dennis Ball
Cedar Lake,
east of Gumboot Lake. ~5700ft
This
lake is very difficult to get into….so we were surprised to have a bunch
of folks show up.
Northern Spreadwing – a few males in hand
Vivid Dancer – a few
No/Bo Bluets - some
Pacific Forktail - few
Variable Darner – a few, one in
hand that hardly had any spots on the thorax sides at all.
Co Green Darner - some
*Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata – a few [last report 2016]
Variegated Meadowhawk – ONE
Striped Meadowhawk – ONE
The
Sweet Spot – above Gumboot
Lake
Vivid Dancer – a few
Pacific Forktail - few
Co Green Darner – a few
no
Petaltails
Gumboot Lake
Northern Spreadwing – a few males in hand, exuviae,
tandems
No/Bo Bluets – some
Pacific Forktail - few
Aeshna Darner sp – a few,
Variable or Shadow Darners, checking out the logs in the water.
Co Green Darner – HUNDREDS
(500?), swarming all over, all young, about 3/4th of those caught or
found floating in the water were males. Everyone was aware of them as they
swooped all around people.
Four-spotted Skimmer – a few
Twelve-spotted Skimmer – 1-3
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk – a
few, all tenerals
August
8, 2016
Madera County
Peter Gaede
Sotcher
Lake near Red's Meadow
Campground.
Paddle-tailed
Darner Aeshna palmata
CA Chart #112, OC # 453342
August
6, 2016
Alpine County
Beulah
Brow
Mosquito Lake, 8050 foot elevation
No/Bo Bluet
*Paddle-tailed Darner Aeshna
palmata
Variable Darner
*American Emerald Cordulia
shurtleffii [last report 2016]
Four-spotted Skimmer
White-faced Meadowhawk
American Emerald
August
4, 2016
Sacramento County
Dave
Johnson
https://flic.kr/p/JTWw4R - Sailor Bar on
the American River Parkway
Common Green Darner
Western Pondhawk
Widow Skimmer
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Flame Skimmer
Blue Dasher
Wandering Glider
Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia
Variegated Meadowhawk
Black Saddlebags
August
1, 2016
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs; Celise Sharp &
Dennis Ball
Fawn
Meadows, east of Gumboot
Lake. ~6000ft
We
had found what seemed to be ideal Petaltail habitat here in prior years, but
then it was too late in the season.
Our
exploration of the site got put off by 3 wks due to weather, illness and other
travels.
We
did not find any Petaltails, but hope to go back earlier next year as the
habitat is perfect.
Northern Spreadwing – 1 male in hand
Vivid Dancer – a few
Darner sp – a few, one probably a
green darner
Pacific Spiketail – 5 males, one
in hand
…….
San Diego County
Marceline
Vandewater
Mission Trails
Regional Park
at the San Diego River
Vivid
Dancer, Argia vivida – 8+
California
Dancer, Argia agrioides
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata
Wandering
Glider, Pantala flavescens
Blue
Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis
Familiar
Bluet, Enallagma civile
Mexican
Amberwing, Perithemis intensa
Western
Pondhawk, Erythemis collocata
*Lavender
Dancer, Argia hinei [last
report 2016]
*Red-tailed
Pennant, Brachymesia furcata [last
report 2016]
JuLY
July
30, 2016
Mono County
Leslie Flint
Crowley Lake
*Alkali Bluet Enallagma clausum [only report 2016]
July
29, 2016
Mono County
Leslie Flint
An
hour + at de Chambeau Ponds at Mono
Lake this afternoon in 96
deg. heat.
There
were lots of Odes - really too many to count.
Western Pondhawk
- many especially in the bushes
*Bleached Skimmer Libellula compositus - 1 male seen perched high in a shrub near
the parking area [last report 2016]
8-spotted Skimmer - abundant
Flame Skimmer - abundant
*Desert Whitetail Plathemis subornata - 1 male in the 3rd pond; I have never seen
it here but it was a thrill [last report 2016]
Variegated Meadowhawk - abundant
*Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum costiferum - 1 seen
hiding in the bushes right near pond 1
Black Saddlebags - abundant
Red Saddlebags - 4-6 seen only in pond
1
Darners sp. - many but none perched for
ID
Damsels - abundant - took a few photos
but haven't yet ID'd - certainly bluets and Western Forktail
…….
Humboldt County
Tony Westkamper
Van
Duzen River
Pale-faced Clubskimmer – pair in
cop photographed 451616
…….
Tuolumne County
Ron Oriti
Yosemite
NP, near Tuolumne Meadows
* *Mountain Emerald, Somatochlora semicircularis
– photographed in flight [only report 2016]
July
27, 2016
Yosemite
Leslie Flint
Yosemite
*Emerald Spreadwing Lestes dryas [last report 2016]
July
23, 2016
Mariposa
County
Matthew Matthiessen
Butterfly Creek Winery. Vineyard fields near a creek.
Wandering Glider Pantala
flavescens –female
netted, photographed and released CA Chart #101, OC # 451327
July
21, 2016
San
Bernardino County
Doug Karalun
Applewhite Picnic Area Lytle Creek
Vivid Dancer
*Grappletail Octogomphus specularis - spotted
in a shaded tree [last report 2016]
Pacific Spiketail
Cajon Creek
American Rubyspot
Northern Bluet
*Arroyo Bluet Enallagma praevarum [last
report 2016]
Vivid Dancer
*Aztec Dancer Argia nahuana (Brown
wing veins seen and small tori gap observed in hand)
[last report 2016]
Lavender Dancer
Forktail sp.
Blue-eyed Darner
Pacific Spiketail
Flame Skimmer
Pale-faced Clubskimmer
North Badger Basin
Familiar Bluet
Arroyo Bluet
California Dancer
Green Darner
*Gray Sanddragon Progomphus borealis [last
report 2016]
Flame Skimmer
Blue Dasher
Variegated Meadowhawk
Red Saddlebag
Black Saddlebag
July 20, 2016
Alameda County
Leslie Flint
with Donna Pomeroy
Sunol Regional Wilderness
Western Forktail
Vivid Dancer
California Dancer
*Sooty Dancer Argia lugens [last report 2016]
*Emma's Dancer Argia emma [last
report 2016]
American Rubyspot
Bluets
Blue-eyed Darner
Flame Skimmer
July
18, 2016
Siskiyou County
Sandra Hunt-von
Arb, Greg Kareofelas, Kathy & Dave Biggs
Gumboot Lake (GL), Gumboot Creek (GC) and “Sweet Spot”
(SS)
Spreadwing sp – all teneral (GL)
Vivid Dancer
– some (GC) – they are patterned quite differently here.
Bluets – tbd
Pacific
Forktail – few GL
Western
Forktail – few GL
*Black
Petaltail Tanypteryx hageni – 1 @ GL, 5 @ GC, 2 @ SS [last report 2016]
Common Green
Darner – a few
Grappletail – only 1, GC
American
Emerald – a few (GL)
* *Ringed
Emerald Somatochlora albicincta – GL – Sandra caught a female, maybe one other seen
[only report 2016]
*Dot-tailed
Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta - a few (GL) [last report 2016]
*Crimson-ringed
Whiteface Leucorrhinia glacialis - a few (GL) [last report 2016]
Black
Saddlebags – one male GL
Four-spotted
Skimmers – many GL
Twelve-spotted
Skimmers – some GL
Variegated
Meadowhawks – many, no other
Meadowhawks seen GL, SS
also seen Cascade Frogs (GL, SS). The frogs at the creek
seemed to all be Pacific/Tree/Sierra/Chorus Frogs.
…….
Lassen County
Michael & Muriel Plank
Blue Lake
It was very windy but a beautiful day.
* *Spiny Baskettail Epitheca spinigera -
spent about 4 hours searching the area we found them in 2103. We found 1
when we first arrived. No other confirmed. I did see what seemed to be more of
them near the lake, but not for sure. [ONLY report 2016]
Common Whitetail
Four-spotted Skimmers
Eight-spotted Skimmers
Twelve-spotted Skimmers
Modoc County
Chicken
Hot Springs Near Cedarville
Desert Whitetails
Comanche Skimmers
Western Pondhawk
Variegated Meadowhawk
July
17, 2016
Plumas County
Sandra Hunt-von
Arb, Doug Aguillard, Kathy & Dave Biggs
Willow Lake – our initial plan was to spend 2 days here, but
it was quite cool, there were many mosquitoes and the ode density was quite
low.
We decided to leave and go elsewhere the next day.
Northern Spreadwing – all teneral in the tall grasses and
sedges
Emerald Spreadwing Lestes dryas - in the tall grasses and sedges on the south end
Tule Bluets – sparse
No/Bo Bluet – some, haven't checked those yet to
determine spp.
Pacific Forktails- especially abundant
on South end
Western Forktails-few
Vivid Dancers - many in
protected/calm microhabitats along the eastern shore and trail.
American Emerald - several- both on
lake edge, and at/near springs in the forested areas on East side of trail
Four-spotted
Skimmers – quite a few
*Chalk-fronted
Corporal Ladona julia – a few, none chalky yet [last report 2015]
Dot-tailed
Whiteface - - few on Lilly leaves
on northern end of Lake
*Hudsonian Whiteface Leucorrhinia hudsonica
– One female (based on vulvar lamina, I ruled out Belted; So far, 5 years
without a confirmed sighting ~bummer~) [last report 2016]
Twelve-spotted Skimmer-few
White-faced
Meadowhawks – many, but
young mostly in the tall grass/sedge
Variegated Meadowhawk- few
NO DARNERS SEEN AT ALL
15 species
…….
Sonoma County
Diane
Fritz
North Sonoma
Mt. Regional
Park.
*Hoary Skimmer Libellula nodisticta - 451109
-s in a meadow (not far from the edge of a Redwood grove) in This
location is very near to the handicap parking spot, up the hill from the
"regular" parking lot.
There
were many other dragonflies (I couldn't distinguish) flying in the area, but
this was the only one which landed for a photo.
July
16, 2016
Colusa County
Len Blumin and Leslie Flint with Tim Manolis (leading a Sacramento Audubon trip)
Bear Valley Creek - We worked the creek from 9:30-12 with
Tim and then spent another 90 minutes further up the creek in a spot I like to
go on our own. The creek has a lot of water so some spots were flooded.
Western Pondhawk - 2 -3
Pale-faced Clubskimmer - 2-3
Widow Skimmer - 1
Flame Skimmer - 10
Blue Dasher - 4
Spot-winged Glider - 3
Variegated Meadowhawk - dozens
Black Saddlebags 4
*California Darner Rhionaeschna
californica (seen by Tim)
Common Green Darner - 2
*Giant Darner Anax walsinghami (at
least 6 woohoo!) [last report 2016]
Blue-eyed Darner -1
White-belted Ringtail -6
Gray Sanddragon - 12
American Rubyspot - 12-15
California Dancer (seen by Tim before
we got there)
Vivid Dancer 2
Tule Bluet - hard to count
Familiar Bluet (seen by Tim)
Northern Bluet - hard to count
Western Forktail (seen by Tim while
trying to find Desert Forktail - alas)
…….
Yolo County
Len Blumin and Leslie Flint
Hwy 16 along Cache Creek
Emma's Dancer - 6
Sooty Dancer - 4
23 species! Wow a great day.
…….
San Mateo County
Michael Dawson
Seal
Slough, San Mateo
#
The place was teeming with Variegated
Meadowhawks, which had been scarce until now.
The
Eight-Spotted Skimmer had been
guarding an ovipositing female and remained agitated for some time after she
completed her task and disappeared. Green
Darner - pair
two
Blue Dashers,
lots
of Blue-Eyed Darners,
a
few Wandering Gliders,
one Widow Skimmer
…….
Tuolumne County
Peter Grunow
Rock River Road
Desert Firetail Telebasis salva – CA Chart#136, I viewed these
through a scope, so they were too far to take pictures. SIGHT RECORD ONLY
July
15, 2016
Del Norte
County
Tony Kurz
gravel
quarry - take the Klamath River road on the south
side of the river until you get to Coastal drive. Park there and access the
trail that takes you to a marsh, but also goes to a service road where there is
a small gravel quarry. The quarry is where I had the Snaketail.
*Sinuous Snaketail Ophiogomphus
occidentis CA Chart #119, OC #
453302
[last report 2016]
July
14, 2016
Santa
Barbara County
Hugh
Ranson, Mark Bright
Middle
Santa Ynez River
White
Rock
Black
Fronted Forktail, Ischnura denticollis – 4
Pacific
Forktail, Ischnura cervula – 12
Western Forktail, Ischnura
perparva – 1
Vivid
Dancer, Argia vivida – 5
California
Dancer, Argia agrioides – 1
Blue-eyed
Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolor – 1
Cardinal
Meadowhawk, Sympetrum illotum – 2
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – 8
Wandering
Glider, Pantala flavescens – 2
Falls
Common
Green Darner, Anax junius – 1
Giant
Darner, Anax walsinghami – 2
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – 6
Northern Bluet, Enallagma
annexum – 20
California
Dancer, Argia agrioides – 2
*Serpent
Ringtail, Erpetogomphus lampropeltis – 1 male briefly [last report 2016]
July
13, 2016
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson
Elings Park in Santa
Barbara
At
9:30 this morning, while taking the dog for a walk, I came across many hundreds
of
#Wandering Gliders feeding over
grassland, about a half mile from the ocean. There was at least one
#Spot-winged in the swarm, and there
were 6
#Variegated Meadowhawks present. There
was a light southerly wind.
I
haven't before witnessed so many dragonflies on the wing at one time. [this is
surely a migratory event – kb]
…….
El Dorado County
Steve Rovell
I was lounging on the beach reading a book at South Lake Tahoe, roasting in the sun, when a snaketail landed on the sand just two feet from my face, so I got a good look at this
*Great Basin Snaketail Ophiogomphus morrisoni. Also interesting was a coupled pair of damsels landed on the corner of my book and attempted to oviposit, or so it seemed. Didn’t get a great look at that one, as it was too quick, but I believe they were [last report 2016]
Vivid Dancers.
July
12, 2016
San Bernadino County
Nathan Moorhatch
Zzyzx Desert
Studies Center
White-belted Ringtail (Erpetogomphus compositus) - A beautiful female photographed
…….
Sacramento County
Dave Johnson
Mather Regional Park
–
No damselflies
Common Green Darner
Western Pondhawk
Widow Skimmer
Flame Skimmer
Blue Dasher
Wandering Glider
Spot-winged Glider
Variegated Meadowhawk
Black Saddlebags
Spot-winged
Glider, immature male - https://flic.kr/p/K5jxdn
July
11, 2016
Siskiyou County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs; Tim & Annette Manolis
Soda Springs @ Squaw Creek &
Squaw Ck Rd, McCloud
No/Bo Bluets
Pacific Forktail
Western Forktail
Blue-eyed Darner
Common Green Darner
Twelve-spot Skimmer
Common Whitetail – 6+
Variegated Meadowhawk
Cardinal Meadowhawk
Red-veined Meadowhawk
Larry Weyhmeyer Environmental
Center, Frog Pond –
just 15 mins at this overgrown site, looking for
Canada Darner
Vivid Dancer
Blue-eyed Darner in hand
Twelve-spot Skimmer
Flame Skimmer
Meadowhawk sp. – many
Black Saddlebags – 1M
Gumboot Lake (GL), Gumboot Creek (GC), Sweet Spot (SW)
Vivid Dancer - GC
No/Bo Bluets - all
Pacific Forktail - GL
Western Forktail – GL
Black Petaltail – GL & SW
Blue-eyed Darner - GL
Common Green Darner - GL
Grappletail – more than 9
Pacific Spiketail – GC – 1
m; 1 f ovipositing – this is NOT a mud lined creek, it is rock lined and
the female, instead of ‘sewing machine-like’ ovipositing, was more
like a Clubtail, she’d dip her tail into the water, but at a 45°
angle, then move a foot or two and repeat only once, then move again.
Chalk-fronted Corporal – 1-3
males
Crimson-ringed Whiteface
Twelve-spot Skimmer - GL, GC
Common Whitetail – GL
Variegated Meadowhawk – all
Dragonfly
Roost Pond, Biggs’ backyard, Mt.
Shasta Forest,
McCloud 5470’
No/Bo Bluets
Pacific Forktail
Western Forktail
*Shadow Darner? Aeshna umbrosa – male flying seemed to be this species,
and Tim identified exuviae from this species around the pond.
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Striped Meadowhawk – 3 tenerals-
seemed to indicate breeding in our pond
…….
Santa
Barbara County
Hugh
Ranson
I
spent a couple of hours along the middle Santa Ynez River in Santa Barbara County
today.
Notable
by their absence--after a recent good showing--were Western River Cruiser, Gray
Sanddragon, and Cardinal Meadowhawk.
The
highlight was an Aztec Dancer, a scarce species in the county.
Spotted
Spreadwing, Lestes congener – 2
Black
Fronted Forktail, Ischnura denticollis – 1
Western Forktail, Ischnura
perparva – 1
Pacific
Forktail, Ischnura cervula – 3
Desert
Firetail, Telebasis salva – 6
Vivid
Dancer, Argia vivida – 2
California
Dancer, Argia agrioides – 4
*Aztec
Dancer, Argia nahuana – 1
Northern Bluet, Enallagma
annexum – 1+
Tule
Bluet, Enallagma carunculatum – 6+
Red
Rock Skimmer, Paltothemis lineatipes – 2
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – 19
Common
Green Darner, Anax junius – 3
Giant
Darner, Anax walsinghami – 2
Blue
Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis – 4
July
9, 2016
Humboldt County
Tony
Westkamper
Wheeler
Grove on the Avenue of the Giants on the Eel River
several
Pale-faced Clubskimmers working a
hatch of Mayflies.
Several
Flame Skimmers,
a
couple of Western River Cruisers,
*Bison Snaketail Ophiogomphus bison [last report 2016]
several Emma's Dancers
…….
Monterey County
Steve Rovell & son Marco - rode our bikes out onto Fort Ord in to check some of the lakes/ponds that may still have water in them. We only found one, Mud Hen Lake along Eucalyptus Road.
While there, we enjoyed the near solitude you get when there is no motorized vehicle traffic allowed. Nice and quiet. Here is what we found:
Common Green Darner 10+
Blue-eyed Darner 6 (+1) see note below
Black Saddlebags 7
Red Saddlebags 5
Common Whitetail 2
Variegated Meadowhawk 6
Flame Skimmer 3
bluet sp. many
…….
Mariposa County
Matt Matthiessen
Short
stretch of ripples along the Merced River.
Rocks along edge and in the river.
Emma's Dancer
Sooty Dancer
Bison Snaketail
Ophiogomphus bison, CA Chart #101, OC #449020
Small
stream cascading over granite forming small pools. This spot is on the west side, and
visible from, Kemble Rd.
Red Rock Skimmer
Paltothemis lineatipes
CA Chart #101, OC #449018
PHOTO record;
July
8, 2016
Tulare County
Alan
Wight
Groundhog Meadow above Mineral King Valley,
Sequoia National Park
Black
Petaltail (Tanypteryx
hageni) - I found this dragonfly while hiking with my family around 8700 feet.
This location is approximately 100 miles south of the prior southernmost known
location for this species in California.
CA Chart #37, OC#449169
PHOTO record; Most southern site for the species.
July
6, 2016
Tehama County
Greg
Kareofelas
Wilson Lake,
All these years that I have stopped by on the way to Willow Lake,
never seen a Petaltail there before
I
did not do an exhaustive survey, but concentrated on trying to find N irene, so this is a list of what I
came across on that “search”. For example, there were a number of,
that I did not catch, and a number of and Argia that I did not catch or ID.
That
said:
Wilson Lake
– a five minute stop:
Tanypteryx hageni (Black Petaltail) – 1 male collected CA Chart
#28, OC# 448576
upgrade to specimen voucher.
Aeshnids
Libellula
pulchella
Libellula
quadrimaculata
Ladona
julia
Lestes dryas Emerald
Spreadwing –1
male collected CA Chart #28, OC# 448712
upgrade to specimen voucher
Sympetrums
Plumas County
Willow Lake
about a 3 hour visit
Libellula
pulchella
Libellula
quadrimaculata
Ladona
julia
*Leucorrhinia
hudsonica Hudsonian Whiteface
Ishnura cervula (caught looking for N Irene)
Corduliid
…….
Humboldt County
Hugh Ranson
Fish
Hatchery, Blue Lake
*Pacific Clubtail Gomphus kurilis 1 [last report 2016]
Emma's Dancer 20+
American Rubyspot 1
Cardinal Meadowhawk 15
Blue-eyed Darner 8
Western Pondhawk
2
July
5, 2016
Siskiyou County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs; Celise Sharp & Dennis Ball
Strawberry Field Ponds, between
Juniper Lodge & the exit to Juanita
Lake off Hwy 97, north of
Weed
Spotted
Spreadwing
Emerald
Spreadwing
No/Bo
Bluet
Tule
Bluet
Western Forktail
Pacific
Forktail
Blue-eyed
Darner
Aeshna sp.
Western Pondhawk
Four-spotted
Skimmer
Eight-spotted
Skimmer
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer
Common
Whiteface
Red-veined
Meadowhawk
Cardinal
Meadowhawk
Band-winged
Meadowhawk
Variegated
Meadowhawk
Juanita Lake off Hwy 97, north of Weed
THIS WAS THE MOST DRAGONFLIES
WE’VE EVER SEEN IN ONE PLACE.
Every step we took, dozens flew off.
Spotted
Spreadwing
Emerald
Spreadwing
No/Bo
Bluet
Tule
Bluet
Western Forktail – maybe a million or more, all
phases of maturity and colors
Pacific
Forktail
Blue-eyed
Darner - few
Variable
Darner – one
– the first flier reported
Western Pondhawk
*Beaverpond
Baskettail Epitheca canis - one female [last report 2016]
Dot-tailed
Whiteface - hundreds
Four-spotted
Skimmer
Eight-spotted
Skimmer - many
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer - many
Common
Whiteface
Red-veined
Meadowhawk - many
Variegated
Meadowhawk – many
July
3-5, 2016
Humboldt County
Hugh Ranson
private
residence, Trinidad
*Swift Forktail Ischnura erratica-- max. of 4 [last report 2016]
2 Pacific
Forktail
3
Cardinal Meadowhawk
July
3, 2016
Colusa County
Diane Heckman
Williams on I-5.
#I saw thousands of Variegated
Meadowhawks - Not sure if they were migrating or just swarming.
…….
Fresno County
Tony Kurz
Mono Hot Springs
Emerald
Spreadwing –OC# 450052
* *Western Red Damsel Amphiagrion
abbreviatum –OC#450051
[only report 2016]
Hoary Skimmer Libellula
nodisticta – CA Chart #119;
OC#450050
PHOTO record;
Heading
up Kaiser Pass
road from Huntington Lake just before you reach Kaiser Pass
park at bend in road. Just down slope form road is a creek with a wet boggy
fin.
Black Petaltail Tanypteryx hageni– CA Chart #119; OC#450049
PHOTO record; 2nd most southern site for the species.
July
2, 2016
San Diego County
Michael
Ouellette
Santa
Margarita River, Sunny upper 70s. Stream bed almost completely dry.
Vivid
Dancer, Argia vivida – 3 male
Blue
Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis – 5 male
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – 4 male, 1 female
Pacific
Forktail, Ischnura cervula – 2 male and 1 female
American
Rubyspot, Hetaerin
americana – 5 male
Pale-faced
Clubskimmer, Brechmorhoga mendax – 1
Mexican
Amberwing, Perithemis intensa – 1 male
Common
Green Darner, Anax junius – 1x
Blue-eyed
Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolor – 4 male
Los
Jilqueros Preserve
Blue
Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis – 10 male
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – 1 male
Mexican
Amberwing, Perithemis intensa – 1 male
Common
Green Darner, Anax junius – 2 male
Guajome
County Park
Blue
Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis – abundant male
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – 1 male
Mexican
Amberwing, Perithemis intensa – 1 male
Common
Green Darner, Anax junius – 2
Red-tailed
Pennant, Brachymesia furcata – 1 male
Blue-eyed
Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolor – 1 male
Wandering
Glider, Pantala flavescens – 1
Red
Saddlebag, Tramea onusta – 1 male
July
1, 2016
San Mateo County
Leslie
Flint
a park in Pacifica off Oddstad
Spot-winged
Glider – one was cruising the grassy area. This
is the first I have ever seen in San
Mateo County.
……..
Siskiyou County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs; Celise Sharp & Dennis Ball
We went to Pumice Stone Well in
the Medicine Lake Highlands. Previously I’d found Sedge Sprites there,
the only known occurrence in the county.
Also this is the best site I know of for Mountain Emeralds &
Lyre-tipped Spreadwings. Also it usually has a lot of Variable
Darners….but not this visit!!
Emerald
Spreadwing – a few
Northern Spreadwing – a few, no Lyre-tipped found
No/Bo
Bluet – some
Western Forktail – many males, a few pruinose females, one im.
female
Pacific
Forktail – a few
Blue-eyed
Darner – a few dead ones
floating in the water
Common
Green Darner –
a few
American
Emerald – abundant, 20 males IDed in hand, no Mt.
Emeralds found
*Crimson-ringed
Whiteface Leucorrhinia glacialis – some, very flighty
Dot-tailed
Whiteface – few, very flighty
Eight-spotted
Skimmer – some, more than observed there in prior yrs
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer – few
Four-spotted
Skimmer – 1-2
Striped
Meadowhawk – some
Next we went off to look for
Pygmy Short-horned Lizards at Grasshopper Flat. This is a dry location, near no
water at all. In the past we’ve seen darners here.
Spreadwing
sp – possibly a Black
Spreadwing, seen by Dave and Kathy
Pond
Damsel sp – probably a female
Pacific Forktail
Meadowhawk
sp – seen by Celise
& Dennis
Then we drove to the north of Mt. Shasta
to Butte Creek, as it flows out of Orr
Lake. We were hoping for
Great Basin Snaketails, alas, none found
Emerald
Spreadwing – a few
Vivid
Dancer – a very few
No/Bo
Bluet – some – one bluet might have been an Alkali (Kathy)
Western Forktail – many males, a few pruinose females, one im.
female
Pacific
Forktail – a few
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer – several
Four-spotted
Skimmer – 1-2
Striped
Meadowhawk – some
*White-faced
Meadowhawk Sympetrum obtrusum – one mature male, and
several im. females
Red-veined
Meadowhawk – some, mostly females and immatures
Band-winged
Meadowhawk – female
Orr Lake, still hoping for Great Basin
Snaketails, alas, none for sure
Emerald
Spreadwing – a few
No/Bo
Bluet – some
Western Forktail – few
Pacific
Forktail – a few
Aeshna sp – few
Common
Green Darner –
a few
Snaketail
sp – 2 seen poorly, but
in 16 yrs of observation, that’s the ONLY species of Clubtail reported,
so we’re calling it
*Great Basin Snaketail,
Ophiogomphus morrisoni
Eight-spotted
Skimmer – abundant
Four-spotted
Skimmer – some
Striped
Meadowhawk – some
Red-veined
Meadowhawk – some
June
June 30, 2016
Santa
Barbara County
Hugh
Ranson
Middle
Santa Ynez River along Paradise
Road. Temps ranged from 79--91 degrees. 19 species
were observed.
Falls
day use:
Western River Cruiser, Macromia magnifica – 1 ovipositing
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – 3
Vivid
Dancer, Argia vivida – 1
California
Dancer, Argia agrioides – 1
Cardinal
Meadowhawk, Sympetrum illotum – 1
Red
Rock Skimmer, Paltothemis lineatipes – 1
Red
Rock (the small pool after the 1/2 mile walk from the car park)
Western River Cruiser, Macromia magnifica – 1 (prolonged close flight views)
Giant
Darner, Anax walsinghami – 1
Spotted
Spreadwing, Lestes congener – 3
Wandering
Glider, Pantala flavescens – 1
California
Dancer, Argia agrioides – 3
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – 4
Red
Rock -- pools by the car park
Gray
Sanddragon, Progomphus borealis – 3
Western River Cruiser, Macromia magnifica – 1
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – 4
Giant
Darner, Anax walsinghami – 1
Live
Oak
Sooty
Dancer, Argia lugens – 1
Tule
Bluet, Enallagma carunculatum – 1+
Familiar
Bluet, Enallagma civile – 1+
Western River Cruiser, Macromia magnifica – 1
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – 10
Giant
Darner, Anax walsinghami – 1
California
Dancer, Argia agrioides – 2
Wandering
Glider, Pantala flavescens – 1
Common
Green Darner, Anax junius – 1
White
Rock
Desert
Firetail, Telebasis salva – 1
Blue
Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis – 4
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – 8
Pacific
Forktail, Ischnura cervula – 3
Northern Bluet, Enallagma
annexum – 1+
Arroyo
Bluet, Enallagma praevarum – 1+
…….
San Bernadino County
Doug
Karalun
Finally
got a chance to follow up on Tom Benson's finds.
North Badger
Basin 11:00 AM
Familiar
Bluet, Enallagma civile – 20ish
Giant
Darner, Anax walsinghami – 2
Common
Green Darner, Anax junius – 8
Gray
Sanddragon, Progomphus borealis – 1
Western Pondhawk, Erythemis
collocata – 3
Variegated
Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum – 15
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – 5
Black
Saddlebag, Tramea lacerata – 3
Red
Saddlebag, Tramea onusta – 4
Deep Creek 1:00 PM
American Rubyspot, Hetaerina americana – 10
No/Bo
Bluet 15 1 Northern Netted Northern Bluet, Enallagma
annexum
Lavender
Dancer, Argia hinei – 12
Vivid
Dancer, Argia vivida – 20
Sooty
Dancer, Argia lugens – 14
Bison
Snaketail, Ophiogomphus bison – 3
Gray
Sanddragon, Progomphus borealis – 2
*Serpent
Ringtail, Erpetogomphus lampropeltis – 1
Grappletail, Octogomphus specularis – 1
Red
Rock Skimmer, Paltothemis lineatipes – 10
Didn't
go far enough downstream for Western River Cruiser.
June
28/29, 2016
San Mateo County
Alvaro Jarmillo
Wandering Gliders -Seemingly they are
moving south, from what I can see.
Today
(29) a big surprise was a Red Saddlebags
in with them, flying very close to me and below eye level. It was a pretty
awesome view, but no camera to document it unfortunately.
June
29, 2016
San
Bernardino County
Tom
Benson
North Badger
Basin
Giant Darner Anax walsinghami 447776
June
28, 2016
Alpine County
Dave
Johnson
campground and boat ramp. Indian Creek Reservoir
Common Whitetail Plathemis
lydia
CA Chart #142, OC #
447861
Black Saddlebags Tramea
lacerata CA Chart
#142, OC # 447860
Red
Saddlebags Tramea onusta 447858
*Dot-tailed Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta
…….
Santa Barbara County
Hugh
Ranson
Rattlesnake Canyon,
Santa Barbara
Great Spreadwing, Archilestes grandis,
– 447700
7 wks earlier than ever before in SB Co.
Grappletail, Octogomphus specularis – several
Pacific
Spiketail, Cordulegaster dorsalis – several
…….
Mono County
Ron & Barbara
Oriti
River Spring
*Black Meadowhawk
Sympetrum danae
June
25, 2016
San Diego County
Michael
Ouellette
San
Pasqual Open Space, Sunny upper 70s. Stream bed almost completely dry.
Vivid
Dancer, Argia vivida – 1 female
Cardinal
Meadowhawk, Sympetrum illotum – 1 male
Neon
Skimmer, Libellula croceipennis – 1 male
Elfin Forest
Escondido River,
Sunny low 80s.
Vivid
Dancer, Argia vivida – Abundant male and female
Blue
Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis – 3 male
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – at least 8 male
Pacific
Forktail, Ischnura cervula – at least 3 male and 3female
Tule
Bluet, Enallagma carunculatum – Abundant male and female
American
Rubyspot, Hetaerin
americana – 3 male
Red
Rock Skimmer, Paltothemis lineatipes – 3 male
*Pale-faced
Clubskimmer, Brechmorhoga mendax – 3 male
…….
Sonoma County
Kathy & Dave Biggs, Kevin Munroe, MO
After
the morning presentation at the Laguna Foundation's Heron Hall, participants
came to our
Bigsnest
Wildlife Pond to observe dragonfly behavior and to practice field
identifications.
84-88F,
clear, slight breeze. Odes seen, in Taxonomical order:
Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula
- 1 M, 1 teneral female
Western Forktail Ischnura perparva
- many pruinose females ovipositing, 1 m seen briefly by Dave
Common Green Darner Anax junius -
exuvia found
Pacific Spiketail Cordulegaster dorsalis
- 1 male(?), flying over and perching
Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocata
- 1 female ovipositing (perhaps a male seen?? pair 'in-wheel')
Flame Skimmer Libellula saturata -
several males in constant battle
Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis
- several males, 1 female ovipositing with male hover-guarding
Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia
- 1 female seen briefly, ovipositing near beach
Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum - 1
male @ kitty pond, exuvia found, nymph found
…….
Sierra County
Steve Garrow
The
loop trail at Sand Pond, near Sardine
Lakes. Odes were in
very large numbers
Chalk-fronted Corporal Ladona julia –
male and female photographed.
Red-veined Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum – female photographed
Striped Meadowhawk
June
24 & 25, 2016
San
Bernardino County
Tom
Benson & Matthew Grube
Cajon
Creek at Swarthout
Canyon Road
Giant Darner Anax walsinghami CA Chart #136 OC#447281
Male photographed, upgrade of prior sighting only record
Miller Canyon--Seeley
Creek at Pilot Rock Conservation Camp –
*Walker’s
Darner Aeshna walkeri –
male photographed in flight 447280
Deep
Creek--vicinity of PCT bridge
Western River
Cruiser Macromia magnifica CA Chart #136 OC# 447279
Male photographed
Gray Sanddragon 5-10 447289
Flame Skimmer only 2-3 447288
Pacific Spiketail 447287
Sooty Dancer 20-30 447286
Deep
Creek--first deep pool downstream from Pacific Crest Trail bridge. General area
is rocky stream with riparian woodland along stream and cattails around pools,
surrounded mixed oak and conifer woodland and chaparral. Elevation approx. 4600
feet.
Pacific Spiketail – female
photographed 447278
Western River
Cruiser Macromia magnifica
female ovipositing 447277,
male patrolling 447276
San
Bernardino Mtns, near the Splinters Cabin day use
area at Deep Creek.
Grappletail – male 447291
Lavender Dancer Argia hinei 5 447290
Bison Snaketail – still many 447286
American Rubyspot 10-15 447284
Red Rock Skimmer ~ 20 447283
Western River Cruiser 3-4 447282
June
23, 2016
San Diego County
Michael
Ouellette
Otay
River Valley
Park, Sunny mid 70s
around noon
Pacific
Forktail, Ischnura cervula – 20+ male and female
Red-tailed
Pennant, Brachymesia furcata – 1 male
Blue-eyed
Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolor – 3 male
Red
Saddlebag, Tramea onusta – 3 male, 1 female
Wandering
Glider, Pantala flavescens – 1 male
Mexican
Amberwing, Perithemis intensa – 4 male
Common
Green Darner, Anax junius – 6 male
Blue
Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis – 3 male, 1 female
June
22, 2016
Los
Angeles County
David
Bell
Eaton Canyon
Pale-faced
Clubskimmer, Brechmorhoga mendax 447104
June
21, 2016
Los Angeles County
David Bell
Eaton Canyon--Mt Wilson toll road bridge to first waterfall
*1 Great Spreadwing Archilestes grandis OC# 447062
500 vivid dancer 447061
10 sooty dancer
3 grappletail 447058
1 red rock skimmer
5 flame skimmer 447060
June
20, 2016
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Dragonfly Roost Pond, Mt. Shasta Forest, McCloud
*Variable Darner Aeshna interrupta – exuvia found
Twelve-spotted Skimmer – one male on territory for the FOY
Bluet sp – a few, FOY for our pond here.
June
19, 2016
Humboldt County
Tony Westkamper
Van
Duzen River
Gray Sanddragon 446959
Western River Cruiser
…….
Shasta County
Ray Bruun
near
Viola
*Olive Clubtail Stylurus olivaceous Saw a male,
ode land in an Incense Cedar tree which seemed unusual at this elevation
(around 4,000 feet) and habitat (dense forest). This is the second
location I've found Olive Clubtail in Shasta County
[last report 2016]
June
18, 2016
San Bernardino County
Matthew Grube
San
Timoteo
Black-fronted Forktail 446765
Flame Skimmer
Gray Sanddragon 446763
Western Pondhawk
446762
Desert Firetail 446761
June
17, 2016
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson, Liz Muraoka,
Mark Bright, Larry Ballard
we
visited several spots on the middle Santa Ynez River, along Paradise Road, in Santa Barbara County.
Temps ranged from 80 to 90 degrees. We saw 20 species.
Pacific Forktail 6
Black-fronted Forktail 3
Western Forktail
1
Desert Firetail 1
Northern Bluet
1 netted
Arroyo Bluet 1 netted
Bluet sp. 30
*Lavender Dancer Argia hinei 30 (photographed)
Vivid Dancer 30
California Dancer 15
American Rubyspot 1
Spotted Spreadwing 21
(photographed)
California Spreadwing 1
Cardinal Meadowhawk 3
Flame Skimmer 20
Red Rock Skimmer 1
Gray Sanddragon 2
(photographed)
Blue-eyed Darner 1
Common Green Darner 2
Giant Darner 2
Western River Cruiser
…….
San Diego County
Michael
Ouellette
Laguna Mountains,
Water of the Woods, Sunny mid 70s to mid 80s.
Tule
Bluet, Enallagma carunculatum – dozens male and female
Western Forktail, Ischnura
perparva – counted 8-10, likely
much more
Western Pondhawk, Erythemis
collocata – three male, two
female OC#446734
Cardinal
Meadowhawk, Sympetrum illotum – at least 8 male
Blue-eyed
Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolor – one or two male
Red
Saddlebag, Tramea onusta – one or two male
Desert
Firetail, Telebasis salva – three male
No/Bo Bluet, Enallagma sp. many
Cuyamaca Mountains, Lake
Cuyamaca
Spotted
Spreadwing, Lestes congener – one female, very coppery (immature?) OC#446732
Tule
Bluet, Enallagma carunculatum – abundant male and female
Western Forktail, Ischnura
perparva – abundant male and
female
Flame
Skimmer, Libellula saturata – 20+ male
Variegated
Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum – one male
Blue-eyed
Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolor – one male
Red
Saddlebag, Tramea onusta – two male
…….
Inyo County
Ron & Barbara
Oriti
Owens Dry
Lake area
*Desert Whitetail
Plathemis subornata – female photographed – the abundance of yellow
is a characteristic of those found in this area
June
15, 2016
San Bernardino County
Thomas A. Benson
North Badger
Basin, a flood control basin behind California State
University, San Bernardino 34.189339, -117.313304
Flame Skimmer
Red Saddlebags
Black Saddlebags
Variegated Meadowhawk
Blue-eyed(?) Darner,
Common Green Darner
Giant Darner [this is a 2nd
only sight record for the county]
June 14, 2016
San Diego
Michael
Ouellette
Mission Trails Regional Park
Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna
multicolor 1 male
Common Darner Anax
junius 1 male
Variegated Mea1-2dowhawk Sympetrum
corruptum 1 female
*California Spreadwing Archilestes
californicus 1 male
California Dancer Argia
agrioides 3 male
*Neon Skimmers Libellula
croceipennis 2 males
…….
Siskiyou County
Celise Sharp, Dennis Ball, Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Railroad Park Ponds just south of Little Castle Creek, overcast, windy, 68F
Bluet sp.
Vivid Dancer – few
Western
Forktail – few
Common Green Darner – 1-2
California Darner – 3-4
Pacific Clubtail – 1 male
Grappletail – 1 female
American Emerald – 1-2
Twelve-spotted Skimmer – 3
Common Whitetail – 6
Meadowhawk sp. – 1-2
Mt. Shasta Hospital Pond, overcast, windy, 65F
Pacific Forktail – few
Darner sp. – 1-2
Soda Springs, McCloud, overcast, 65F
Western
Forktail – abundant, esp. females
California Darner – 1 male in-hand
Four-spotted Skimmer – 3-4
Common Whitetail – 5-6 males
Cardinal Meadowhawk – 3-4 males, 1 male
in-hand
Variegated Meadowhawk – 1female
14 species on a cool overcast day made for a nice birthday for Celise!!
…….
Sierra County
Len Blumin
The
loop trail at Sand Pond, near Sardine
Lakes.
*Chalk-fronted Corporal Ladona julia – male photographed.
June 13,
2016
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson
my
first visit to the middle Santa Ynez River for some time. A trumpian
wind was blowing, making most odes keep their heads down. There were, however,
a few things of note:
California Dancer 6
Pacific Forktail 1
Bluet sp. 20 (forgot my net)
Common Green Darner 1
Giant Darner 1
Flame Skimmer 15
Cardinal Meadowhawk 2
Common Whitetail 1
Western River Cruiser 1 or 2
…….
Santa Clara County.
Leslie Flint
Ogier Ponds
What a surprise I had today! There was water everywhere -
the normally small series of ponds were connected by waterways and the fields
around were completely flooded. Hard to find the Odes. I've never seen so
much water there!
Blue-eyed
Darner - many patrolling the channels
Flame Skimmer - several
Common Green Darner - 2 seen
Western
Pondhawk - 1 male seen
Blue Dasher
- 1
Variegated
Meadowhawk - a few
Widow
Skimmer - 1
8-Spotted
Skimmer - several
Pacific
Forktail - extremely numerous
Spreadwing -
(perhaps spotted) I have never seen a spreadwing here
but Coyote Creek is pretty close
Then I went up to Monte Bello Open Space to the Gate 5
pond. The area was very overgrown and since it it
tick-heaven, I wasn't doing too much bushwhacking. I couldn't really see
the pond and couldn't find a way to the edge to check for damsels.
Blue-eyed
Darner - a few
Flame Skimmer - 1
Black
Saddlebags - 1
Striped
Meadowhawk - 1
Cardinal
Meadowhawk - 2
Variegated
Meadowhawk - 1
Vivid Dancers (on the path) - several
California Spreadwing - (I think). Wasn't spreading it's
wings; very coppery, white stigma, but the thorax pattern seemed wrong.
…….
Colusa County
Kathy &
Dave Biggs
Bear
Creek - We stopped for about 30 minutes at 2 o'clock. 88 degrees.
White-belted Ringtails – 1-2
Flame skinners -really abundant.
Giant darners Maybe one or two
Western pond Hawks
many
widow skinners
some
black saddlebags
vivid and other dancers.
No/no bluets,
variegated Meadowhawks,
12 or 8 spotted skimmer
…….
Glenn County
Greg Kareofellas
Stony Point Creek Seep meadow
Hoary Skimmer Libellula nodisticta - male collected, 4 present. CA
Chart #28 OC # 446578
[upgrade of prior photo record]
June 12,
2016
Alameda County
Noah
Arthur
A little after noon today, I
was walking across the parking lot of my church in San Leandro -- net
in hand, fortunately -- when a dragonfly that looked like
a 'What the heck is that?' made a beeline for my head. I whipped my net up
just in time and surprised myself by actually catching it. It turned out to be
a
PALE-FACED
CLUBSKIMMER Brechmorhoga
mendax-- the first I've ever seen in
the East Bay
[and a new county
SIGHT record - kb]
…….
Colusa County
Sandra
Hunt-von Arb
Quick
stop at Bear Creek (Hwy 20, California).
It was 8am, and 70 F, so little ode activity. I was looking for Macromia exuvia
on the cement bridge pilings, and found these exuvia.
Rubyspot
Bluet sp.
Blue eyed Darner
*White-belted
Ringtail Erpetogomphus compositus
…….
Siskiyou County
Celise Sharp and
Dennis Ball
Castella Loop
*American Emerald Cordulia shurtleffii – photo
of female
…….
Los Angeles County
David Bell
Apollo Park--Park and overflow parking
American Rubyspot 446599
Variegated Meadowhawk 446602
Flame Skimmer 446600
Red Saddlebags 446601
Common Green Darner 446598
Familiar Bluet 446596
Blue-eyed Darner 446597
Tule Bluet 446595
June 11,
2016
San Bernardino County
Doug Karalun
I
went back to Deep Creek to get Bison Snaketail for a friend.
15 or so Bison
Snaketails Ophiogomphus bison
on a few hundred yards of creek I checked. Upgrade to specimen voucher. CA Chart#146,
OC# tbd
1 Northern Bluet (Netted)
4 Sooty Dancers
20
Vivid Dancers
2 Grappletails
10 Red Rock Skimmers
Green Valley
Lake
5
Tule Bluet
20
Pacific Forktail
2
Western Forktail
1
Blue Eyed Darner
1
Flame Skimmer
1
Cardinal Meadowhawk
Green Valley
Campground
1
Pacific Spiketail
Bluff Lake
50 Emerald Spreadwing
100s
of NoBo Bluets (The one I netted was a *Boreal Bluet)
2
Darners that appeared to be Californias
but not confirmed with a good visual or photo.
…….
Monterey County
Paul Johnson
Santa
Lucia Preserve - Dry pond beside
road. Private property, entry by permission only
Red-veined Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum
– photo of a male OC# 446204
…….
Humboldt County
Tony Kurz
I spent my day on the South Fork Trinity
River doing some swimming and naturalizing.
This was a new location I had never been too called Sandy
Bar.
It was a great spot for odes.
Bison Snaketail
Pacific Clubtail
Western River Cruiser Macromia magnifica
Cardinal Meadowhawk
Flame Skimmer
Eight-spotted Skimmer
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Widow Skimmer
Common Whitetail
Western Pondhawk
California Darner
Bluet Sp.
Emma's Dancer
Sooty Dancer
June 10,
2016
San Bernardino County
Doug Karalun
I went looking for Grappletails
up on Deep Creek in the San Bernardino Mountains.
Got a surprise.
American Rubyspot oc#
446149
Northern/Boreal Bluet
Vivid Dancer oc#
446153,
446150
Sooty Dancer oc# 446151
Bison Snaketail Ophiogomphus
bison https://www.flickr.com/photos/48652948@N07/27517686101/in/dateposted-public/
CA Chart#146, OC # 446146 PHOTO record
Grappletail oc# 446147
Red Rock Skimmer oc# 446148
Pacific Spiketail OC# 446152
…….
Imperial County
Louis Hoeniger
East
Highline canal, just North of the I8 bridge in El Centro
*Russet-tipped Clubtail Stylurus
plagiatus - FOY and new early date by 4 days, old early date
6/14/2014 OC #446337
June
9, 2016
San Diego
Michael
Ouellette
Kitchen
Creek
Flame Skimmers Libellula saturata 1 male
Familiar Bluets Enallagma civile 4 M, 2F Two
pairs mating
Pine Creek
Flame Skimmers Libellula saturata ~4 male
Western Forktail Ischnura cervula many male and
female, several ovipositing
Familiar Bluets Enallagma civile two dozen male and a
few female
Vivid Dancer Argia vivida dozen male three female
seen 446740
*Lavender Dancer Argia hinei one male 446731
Back yard pond in San Diego
*Neon Skimmers Libellula croceipennis 1 female
emerged
June 7,
2016
Glenn County
Greg Kareofelas
unreported
location
*Black Petaltail Tanypteryx hageni – photo of a female ovipositing
June 6,
2016
Humboldt County
Tony Kurz
Between
Ferndale and
the Eel Rv, on the gravely side of a road!!
*Progomphus borealis Gray Sanddragon – 1 male photographed
OC# 445971
June 4,
2016
Sonoma County
Dave and Kathy Biggs + MO
We
led a dragonfly outing for Audubon Canyon Ranch at The Mayacamas Preserve in Sonoma County
(aka Pine Flat Rd).
75-85F, calm, overcast
Our
report in order seen - (no photos as we were
leading)
Common Green Darner - one fly by as we
all gathered on lower Pine Flat Rd.
Ferguson Spring - habitat looking much better for the cattle having grazed it.
Although the Hoary Skimmers have not (yet) returned, several other species were
showing off for us.
Vivid Dancer - several
Flame Skimmer - several males, and
several large nymph in the stock tank
Cardinal Meadowhawk - one male
Black Saddlebags - 2 males on our
return back down the hills
Seep
& creek above the Ribezzo ranch and pond
Vivid Dancer - several, inc. a pair
in wheel
Grappletail - an immature male
alongside the road and a few mature males in the creek below the road
Lunch
was at the pretty pondlet along Little Sulfur Creek
Flame Skimmer - 1 male
No/Bo Bluet - one only!!
Black Spreadwing - several
Red-veined Meadowhawk - 1 male
a possible darner seen in flight
MM10
site - the habitat is looking great! The moss is growing in the seep, but alas
no Petaltails, but perhaps they could be reintroduced
Vivid Dancer - a few inc. tandem
pairs
Black Spreadwing - 1 female
Ribizzo Pond
Flame Skimmer- 5+
Red-veined Meadowhawk - 1 m
Vivid Dancer - a few
Dasher/Pondhawk - distant views
8-spot/12-spot/whitetail - a tandem
pair flew by very quickly
MM1@Suasal
Creek
Bison Snaketail - one alongside the
road
American Rubyspot - several in the
creek
Species
total: 13 (~1 per attendee!!)
Also
seen:
deer - inc several small fawns
David A. Hofmann !! - the human who originally showed me this site!!
Many CA Sister Butterflies & Acorn Woodpeckers, Ravens and more.
One rattlesnake slithered off away from us at the tank at Ferguson Spring
…….
Napa County
Alan Wight
St. Helena
Pacific Forktail – 1-2
Western Forktail – 4
Arroyo Bluet – 1 male
Bluet sp. - 4
Vivid Dancer – 1
Desert Firetail - 1
Darner sp. – 1, probably
Blue-eyed
Blue Dasher – 1 male
Western Pondhawk
– 2
Flame Skimmer – 2
Common Whitetail – 2
Cardinal Meadowhawk – 1 male
*Band-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum semicircularis – 1
male, http://www.sonic.net/~shwand/odonata/band_winged_meadowhawk_4905.jpg
Red-veined Meadowhawk – 1 male
June
2, 2016
San Diego County
Michael
Ouellette
Mission Trails
Park at the San Diego River.
Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens 1 male
Green Darner Anax junius 1 male
Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis ~5 male
Flame Skimmers Libellula saturata ~10 male
Red Saddlebag Tramea onusta 1 male
Mexican Amberwing Perithemis intensa 1 male
Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula 6-8 male, 2 female
Familiar Bluets Enallagma civile > dozen male and
female, many ovipositing
California Dancer Argia agrioides ~5 male
May
May 30,
2016
Sandra Hunt-von Art
Korbel
*Western River Cruiser Macromia magnifica – 1 male photographed
…
Anthony Westkamper
Van
Duzen River
Western River Cruiser Macromia
magnifica -4 or 5
…….
Los Angeles County
David Bell
Hains Creek at Big Tujunga Wash
10 Flame
Skimmer
10 Vivid
Dancer
1 arroyo
(?) bluet
6 blue
dasher
1 California Dancer
10
Pacific Forktail
2 Blue-eyed (?) Darner (no photo)
1
Wandering Glider
May 30,
2016
Sonoma County
Dave and Kathy Biggs
Bigsnest
Wildlife Pond, Sebastopol, CA - an extraordinary/Memorial day on the pond. 9 species
9 of the 13 species of Odonata that have visited the pond
so far this year were there for us to photograph today. That ties several other
"Big" days where the daily high species count is 9. Missing were the
Black Spreadwing, Exclamation Damsel and the California & Blue-eyed Darners.
Common Green Darner
Flame Skimmer
Eight-spotted Skimmer
Cardinal Meadowhawk
Pacific Forktail
Western Forktail
Western Pondhawk
Blue Dasher
Pacific Spiketail
May 29, 2016
Riverside County
Peter Siminski
Dos Palmas Preserve; Dos Palmas oasis, Felger oasis, part of Agua Farms, and fish ponds; Elev. -100’ to -240’; 7:00-11:45, 72-87F, cloudless sky, light breeze SW. 3.6 miles.
*Paiute Dancer, Argia alberta 1 [last report 2016!]
Powdered Dancer, A. moesta 1
Blue-ringed Dancer, A. sedula 7
*Desert Forktail, Ischnura barberi 9 [last report 2016]
*Citrine Forktail, I. hastata 2 [last report 2016]
Rambur’s Forktail, I. ramburii 4
Common Green Darner, Anax junius 5
Variegated Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum 1
Red-tailed Pennant, Brachymesia furcata 7
Western Pondhawk, Erythemis collocata >35
Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis >75
Comanche Skimmer, Libellula comanche 14 including female ovipositing.
Bleached Skimmer, L. composita 3
Widow Skimmer, L. luctuosa 2
Flame Skimmer, L. saturata 4
*Roseate Skimmer, Orthemis ferruginea 2 [last report 2016]
* *Marl Pennant, Macrodiplax balteata >20 [ONLY report 2016]
Black Saddlebags, Tramea lacerata 8 including two tandem pairs.
Red Saddlebags, T. onusta
Wandering Glider, Pantala flavescens 6
Spot-winged Glider, P. hymenaea 1
…….
Santa Clara County
Matthew Dodder
Ogier Ponds, Morgan Hill.
Most exciting was a single RED SADDLEBAGS. After last season's invasion, I thought maybe it would show up here again, so I was on the lookout for it.
Common Green Darner
Blue-eyed Darner
California Darner
Black Saddlebags
Red Saddlebags
Flame Skimmer
Eight-spotted Skimmer
Widow Skimmer
Cardinal Meadowhawk
Variegated Meadowhawk
Western Pondhawk
Blue Dasher
Wandering Glider
Pacific Forktail
Tule Bluet
Northern/Boreal Bluet
California/Aztec Dancer
May 28,
2016
San Mateo County
Matthew Dodder
Alpine Pond, Skyline Ridge OSP:
Common Green Darner
Blue-eyed Darner
California Darner
Black Saddlebags
Common Whitetail
Flame Skimmer
Eight-spotted Skimmer
Cardinal Meadowhawk
Blue Dasher
Western Pondhawk
Pacific Forktail
Tule Bluet
Northern/Boreal Bluet
…….
San Francisco County
Paul Sarencini
Lobos Creek Valley Trail boardwalk -- a restored coastal dune area -- in The Presidio of SF.
Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens - It never perched so I just have flight photos – upgrade to photo record from his prior sight record only CA Chart # 58 ;OC# 445133
…….
Stanislaus County
Leslie Flint
Del Puerto Canyon
Owl
Rock
Flame Skimmer - 10+
Blue-eyed Darner - 1
Eight-spotted Skimmer - 1 (no photo)
Giant Darner - 2 (poor photos) - I was
really surprised to see this here. The creek is small but there were 2
patrolling up and down
Adobe
Springs
Flame Skimmer - a few
American Rubyspot - many
Vivid Dancer - several
Bluets - many - the ones I saw were
more blue than black, so thinking No/Bo
May 27,
2016
Sonoma County
Alan Wight
Nagasawa Park,
Santa Rosa
Black Spreadwing – 10+
Vivid Dancer – 1
Tule Bluet – several
Arroyo Bluet – 1+, probably my
first at this location, photographed
Pacific Forktail – many
Western Forktail – 1
Western Pondhawk - 3
Eight-spotted Skimmer - 4+
Widow Skimmer – 1
Common Whitetail – 3
Flame Skimmer – 5
Blue Dasher – 2
Variegated Meadowhawk – 1
Cardinal Meadowhawk – 2
Red-veined Meadowhawk – 2-3
Black Saddlebags – 2
Blue-eyed Darner – 2
Grappletail – 1, male, my first
at this location
Also,
a probable Beaverpond Baskettail
flying around that I couldn’t quite get a good enough look at.
…….
Calaveras County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Calaveras
Big Trees SP
no
odonates found L
May 23,
2016
Humboldt County
Tony
Westkamper
Van Duzen River
Pacific
Clubtail Gomphus kurilis
…….
San Mateo County
Michael
Dawson
Seal Slough
tule bluets
Pacific
Forktail
Blue-eyed
Darner
Flame
skimmer
Variegated
Meadowhawk
Cardinal
Meadowhawk
Blue
dasher
May
19, 2016
Santa
Cruz County
Steve Gerow
Neary Lagoon
Park in Santa Cruz
Red Saddlebags - a male was working up and down a weedy area
near the west entrance to the park. I managed to get a couple of photos
which are quite poor in quality, but show some diagnostic detail:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/40132546@N07/27085902406/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/40132546@N07/26513664864/in/dateposted-public/
…….
Placer County
Phil Robertson
Auburn
Ravine in Lincoln
American rubyspot
Emma’s Dancer
Vivid Dancer
Pacific Clubtail
Sinuous Snaketail Ophiogomphus occidentis
Common Whitetail
Western Pondhawk
May
18/19, 2016
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Dragonfly
Roost Pond, Mt. Shasta Forest,
McCloud ~4750’
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - a female
ovipositing on the 18th
*Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata – one emerged on the 19, a first
for our pond (that we know of)
May
18, 2016
Siskiyou County
Greg Kareofellas
Klamath River accessed from I-5
*River Jewelwing Calopteryx aequabilis - everywhere, LOTS, hundreds. It was hard
to take a pic as the minute one would land, 4 or 5
males would come by and off they all would go [last report 2016]
American Rubyspot – a few
Emma's Dancer –some
Vivid Dancer – some
Bluet sp – plenty, but I was too
involved to check them
Western Forktail I perparva - some
Common Green Darner - 1-2
California Darner - always in view,
patrolling the river edge, old and new ones, some mated pairs
Pacific Clubtail - lots all stages
Grappletail - Some, both teneral and
Young, didn’t see any I considered Mature.
*Sinuous Snaketail Ophiogomphus occidentis –
Many emerging (see some of the pix I’m putting on FB)
Beaverpond Baskettail – always in
view, patrolling about 10 feet away from the river edge
Blue Dasher – 1 male seen
Eight-spotted Skimmer L forensis, did not catch and only saw one
May
17, 2016
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Things
are really starting to 'hop' at the Shasta
River @ Hudson Rd. site.
Dave and I were able to stop by there on our way back from Oregon today.
82F, 4-4:30 next to the water, and 4:30-5 along the entrance Rd.
Our friends the Sharp/Balls went a week ago, and things weren't on territories
much then. That's changing now:
River Jewelwing - 100+ with about 25
of them on territories on the water
American Rubyspot - 12-20, about 6
of them on the water.
Emma's Dancer - 100 - 200. they were
everywhere!
Vivid Dancer - ~12, mostly on the
water (which is the opposite of on most visits)
No/Bo Bluet - ~24, almost all on the
water
Western Forktail - 2 males, 1 still
immature
Common Green Darner - 1-2
California Darner - 1
Pacific Clubtail - 6-12, only a few
mature enuf to show blue eyes
Grappletail - 12+ (most immature)
we couldn't find a single Snaketail
Beaverpond Baskettail - 6-12, most
seen cruising along the road
Eight-spotted Skimmer - 3
I just counted them, that's 12 species, just one shy of the "teen"
that Tim long ago said always constituted a good day in northern
California.....but it was still good!!
This spot is a piece of heaven. While you Ode, you are serenaded by Chats,
Warblers, Sparrows, buzzed by Flycatchers, bees and butterflies and it's drop
dead gorgeous! Hope you get to go someday.
Directions: The location is about 7 miles north of Yreka on the old highway,
now called Highway 236.
The turn off for Hudson Road
is quite obscure and easy to miss. It's on the west side of the road and just
south of one of the beautiful old bridges that cross the Shasta
River soon before it joins with the Klamath River. It's true that you can see many of the
same species from the Collier's Rest Stop on I-5, but this place is so
beautiful, many of us make 'pilgrimages' to it at least annually.
…….
Sacramento County
Dave Johnson
Sailor
Bar, American River Parkway
in, CA, 5/17/2016, the first time I have been out with a camera since returning
from the 2 week trip to eastern and southern Texas and had my best day ever with odes:
California Green Darner
California Dancer with photos
*Arroyo Bluet Enallagma praevarum with
photos
Western
Pondhawk with photos
Pacific
Forktail with photos
Black-fronted
Forktail with photos and a new Sacramento County record for me
Western
Forktail with photos
Widow
Skimmer with photos
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer with photos
Flame
Skimmer with photos
Blue Dasher
Common Whitetail with photos
California
Darner
Blue-eyed Darner
*Desert
Firetail Telebasis salva - with photos and only my second record for
Sacramento County for me
Black
Saddlebags
10
dragonflies
6 damselflies
May 14, 2016
Inyo County
Ron & Barbara
Oriti
Rawson Ponds
Red Saddlebags couple
Variegated
Meadowhawks, couple
Common Green
Darners, couple
Mosaic Darners, couple
Damsels some
May
12, 2016
Lake County
Greg Kareofellas
Knoxville
Public Lands
Cordulegaster
dorsalis
*Libellula
nodisticta Hoary Skimmer (saw, not caught)
Octogomphus
specularis
*Argia
lugens, Powdered Dancer
May
11, 2016
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Collier’s
Rest Stop, I-5 north of Yreka; 11:30 72F
*River Jewelwing Calopteryx aequabilis – 3, 1 M, 1F, 1? – all
looked newly emerged
Emma's Dancer – 1
No/Bo Bluet – 1
Forktail – 1
Pacific Clubtail – 2
May 10, 2016
Inyo County
Ron & Barbara
Oriti
a pond south of the old Mazourka
pond --
one Eight-spotted
Skimmer
…….
Mono County
Ron & Barbara
Oriti
Fish Slough
Emerald
Spreadwings a few
May
8, 2016
Colusa County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
bear
Creek @ Hwy 20; 1:30, 73F
Flame Skimmer - few
CA Darner – 1-2
Green Daner
– 1
No/Bo Bluet – many
Pacific Clubtail – 1M
May
7, 2016
Sonoma County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Bigsnest
Wildlife Pond, Bloomfield Rd,
Sebastopol. Overcast, breezy, 63F
Pacific Forktail – many
Western Forktail – a few
Flame Skimmer – THREE emerged,
2males and one possibly a female
Cardinal Meadowhawk– at least 2
emerged; 5 adults flying
…….
Riverside County
Peter Siminski
Dos Palmas Preserve; Dos Palmas oasis, Felger oasis, and fish ponds; Elev. -100’ to -240’; 6:50-11:40, 64-80F, cloudless to high cirrus sky, calm to light breeze SW. 3.6 miles.
Blue-ringed Dancer, Argia sedula 2
Desert Forktail, Ischnura barberi 1
Citrine Forktail, I. hastata1
Rambur’s Forktail, I. ramburii 5
Common Green Darner, Anax junius 3
Variegated Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum 5
*Red-tailed Pennant, Brachymesia furcata 3
Western Pondhawk, Erythemis collocata 11
Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis 25 including one pair in wheel.
*Comanche Skimmer, Libellula comanche 2
*Bleached Skimmer, L. composita 2
Flame Skimmer, L. saturata9
Red Saddlebags, T. onusta 1
Wandering Glider, Pantala flavescens 1
Spot-winged Glider, P. hymenaea 1
May 6, 2016
Inyo County
Ron & Barbara
Oriti
Rawson Ponds
Wandering Gliders
two
May
7, 2016
Humboldt County
Shannon Mendia
Bull
Creek
*Bison Snaketail Bison Snaketail (Ophiogomphus bison) – teneral
found at night
Darner nymph – 2 clambering
about, Rhionaeshna/Aeshna size
May 5, 2016
Mono County
Ron & Barbara
Oriti
Fish Slough
Spot-winged
Glider one
May
2, 2016
San Joaquin County
Bob Stahmer
Lodi Lake
*Emma’s Dancer Argia emma
*Common
Whitetail Plathemis lydia
– 1 male photographed
Blue-eyed Darner – photo of 1
male, swarm of 30 possibly this specie seen
…….
Sonoma County
David Hofmann
Santa
Rosa Creek Trail towards Delta Pond, the most abundant dragonfly that patrolled
the trail was
Pacific Clubtail. There were at least
twelve of them, maybe more. All of the ones I saw well were males.
May
1, 2016
Sonoma County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
308 Bloomfield Rd.
Pacific Forktails
Western Forktails
California Darner
Flame Skimmer – 1 male
Cardinal Meadowhawk – at least 5
flying and 9 emerging
...
Mark Hullinger
Quarry Hill
Botanical Garden (Glen
Ellen)
Beaverpond Baskettails 5 to 7
Grappletail 7 or 8
vivid dancers Many
…….
Humboldt County
Sandra Hunt-von
Arb
Big Lagoon Pond (private) - sunny warm (74F) . Winds were
variable, but plenty of windless microclimates can be found in this location.
The theme of the day was "love is in the air" with many of each
species found in wheel or ovipositing and many damsels were actively emerging
on the lillies.
California Darner,
Aeshna californica (still no blue-eyed) Many, significant numbers in
wheel
Cardinal Meadowhawk, Sympetrum illotum dozen+
Variegated Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum few
Tule Bluet, Enallagma carunculatum dozen +
NoBo (Northern/ Boreal) Bluet, Enallagma annexum/boreale few dozen
(two in hand were northern, but sample size not enough to rule out boreal)
Pacific Forktail, Ischnura cervula
…….
Santa Cruz County
Steve Gerow
DeLaveaga Park in Santa Cruz
Pacific Spiketail - my
first this season, and seeming on the early side. It was working up and
down a trail near the west branch of Arana Gulch. [early yes, but not foy for 2016]
Vivid Dancers, a few
one or two darners
(probably California).
.......
Inyo County
Ron & Barbara
Oriti
Rawson Ponds
Black Saddlebags two
…….
Solano County
Leslie Flint
*Exclamation
Damsel Zoniagrion exclamationis
[last report 2016]
April
April
30, 2016
Marin County
Len Blumin
Lake Lagunitas - for a picnic, but brought my gear to check the odes.
Excited to see
4 grappletail males on sunny rocks in the creek 80'
below the spillway. Best seen by 1 pm, as it gets shady after that.
Many Vivid Dancers
ovipositing nearby, plus unidentified forktails.
Numerous Eight-spotted
Skimmers along the shoreline of the lake.
April 26, 2016
Mono County
Ron & Barbara
Oriti
Fish Slough
Western
Pondhawks couple
*Four-spotted
Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata
Mosaic Darners
Common Green
Darners
April
24, 2016
Sonoma County
Kathy & Dave Biggs and Sandra Hunt-von
Arb
Bloomfield
Ck @ Petaluma-Valley Ford Rd – very windy day
San Francisco
Forktails – we easily saw 3
dozen today plus many tenerals were seen on their maiden flights
Pacific
Forktails – a few m& F
seen
Western Forktails – a few m& F seen
Arroyo
Bluet – 1 male netted
We looked for other SF Forktail sites in this
and the Two Rock area, but found none.
…
Bigsnest Pond, Sebastopol
Cardinal
Meadowhawks – many, including
emergers
CA
Darners – a few, but new
exuvia too
Pacific
Forktails – a few m & f
seen
Western Forktails – a few m & f seen
April
20, 2016
Humboldt County
Sandra Hunt-von Arb
Korbel Ponds (Private),
Emerald Spreadwing (Lestes dryas)!!! All were teneral, mostly females, I found
several hundred but still not as many as I've seen at this location in previous
years.
Females
still seemed to outnumber males (about 4:1)- Most were still teneral, although
a few looked like they were beginning to finish final colors and getting a
little bit of blue in their eyes; none were seen in wheel or ovipositing.
…….
Alameda County
Nancy Asquith
Sunol
Regional Wilderness
Creek
near parking area was still quiet; Little Yosemite area, reached late in the
day, was somewhat better.
3
Vivid Dancer [2 M 1 F]
1
possible Red Rock Skimmer: blurry photo
posted to CalOdes photos
1
unidentified dragon
April
19, 2016
Mendocino County
Kathy& Dave Biggs
Mendocino
Botanical Gardens
Swift Forktail – 1 female
California Darner – 3-6
Cardinal Meadowhawk – 3-9 males
…….
Sonoma County
Alan Wight
Nagasawa Park
Pacific Forktail – many
Western Forktail
– 1 female
Tule Bluet – many
Black Spreadwing – 4+
Beaverpond Baskettail – 2+
Darner sp. – 4+
Cardinal Meadowhawk – 3+
Western Pondhawk
– 2+
Eight-spotted Skimmer – 6+
Red Saddlebags – 1 male
The
highlight was clearly the Red Saddlebags, a photo of which is here - http://www.sonic.net/~shwand/odonata/temp/red_saddlebags_2961.jpg
and now also at OC#: 441225
Based
on this observation today and my observation last year of a male and female
doing the “Tramea dance” at this same location, I think this
suggests that this species bred successfully at this location last year.
April 19, 2016
Inyo County
Ron & Barbara
Oriti
pond south of the old Mazourka
pond
*Hoary Skimmer Libellula nodisticta one
April
17, 2016
Sonoma County
Kathy Biggs and Tim Manolis
Bloomfield
Ck @ Petaluma-Valley Ford Rd.
– 80F - this is a NEW site for the species
Ischnura gemina (San
Francisco Forktail) - 3 males netted. One damaged
in capture and kept. Others released after scanning.~14
seen at this site OC # 441190
Western Forktails
Pacific Forktails,
California Darner 1
Cardinal Meadowhawk 1
Small
creek - Petaluma-Valley Ford Rd.
between Bloomfield
and the Oyster Bar, near Gerike Rd. – this is a
NEW site for the species and one of the furthest north
Ischnura gemina (San
Francisco Forktail) – one pair in tandem
inc. a male-colored female. ~10 seen at this site
Western Forktails
Pacific Forktails,
Exclamation Damsel Zoniagrion exclamationis , 1
---
Kathy & Dave Biggs, Tim Manolis
Bigsnest
Pond, Sebastopol – 80F
Western Forktails
Pacific Forktails
Exclamation Damsel – 1 m
California Darner 1
Cardinal Meadowhawk 7 (inc. 3 tandems & ovipositing, but not counting 5 that were emerging)
Flame Skimmer – 1 female emerged and photographed….a first for the pond; https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1230615306968778.1073741908.100000609601175&type=1&l=baf72dd9e6
*Eight-Spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis – 1 male,
fly bys
…….
Humboldt County
Sandra Hunt-von Arb with MO
Godwit
Days Migration Festival, Arcata - 4 species; 3 in hand; beautiful almost 80
degree weather (really amazing for April on the north coast).
CALIFORNIA DARNER (several in hand) were the most
numerous
CARDINAL MEADOWHAWKS second in numbers.
only
a few PACIFIC FORKTAILS as they are
usually quite numerous in this area (they seem to be low in most places I've
visited this year).
a
single fly-by VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK.
…….
San Diego County
Ken A Wilson
Mission Trails Regional
Park
Flame Skimmer -
several near Old Dam
Diary Mart Ponds @ Tijuana River Valley
Regional Park
Red Saddlebag –
1
Blue-Eyed Darner - 3
Green Darner – 1
April 16, 2016
San Diego
Michael Ouelllette
Mission Trails Park. It has not been a wet winter down here, but we had a heavy rain early in the year. It really changed the landscape around Oak Creek.
The water is still flowing and there are a lot of ponds, but dragonfly activity is limited.
Flame Skimmers 4
Blue-eyed Darners ~5
…….
San Diego County
Ken A. Wilson
Santa Margarita River Preserve
American Rubyspot
– many
…….
Riverside County
BJ Stacey
Santa
Margarita Ecological Preserve
*Giant Darner Anax walsinghami [foy]
Flame Skimmer
Western Pondhawk
*#Red Rock Skimmer Paltothemis lineatipes (the
most I've ever seen)[could this be migratory? – kb] http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2974199
Cardinal Meadowhawk
American Rubyspot
Vivid Dancer
CA/Blue-eyed Darner
American Rubyspot
(15-20)
Vivid Dancer
Tule Bluet
Familiar Bluet
Pacific Forktail
Black-fronted Forktail
…….
Sonoma County
Alan Wight
Nagasawa Park
in Santa Rosa
Pacific Forktail – many
Western Forktail – 2
Tule Bluet – 12+
Black Spreadwing - 2+
Darner sp. – 3+, one looked big
like a Blue-eyed
Beaverpond Baskettail - 2+
Cardinal Meadowhawk – 1
Blue Dasher – 1 female, new early
date for Sonoma County, http://www.sonic.net/~shwand/odonata/blue_dasher_2805.jpg
.......
Humboldt County
Sandra Hunt-von Arb
Korbel Ponds (Private),
**Emerald Spreadwing (Lestes dryas)!!! All were teneral, mostly females, ~100
individuals [6 days early]
…….
Alameda County
Nancy Asquith
Quarry Lakes
Regional Park
Lots
of odes!
Common green darner 1 [blurry photo of huge olive thorax + lt.
blue abdomen]
Variegated Meadowhawk 5 minimum
[including ovipositing pair]
Mosaic darner 8 minimun:
They did not perch
Blue-eyed Darner – one
photographed in flight
Many
damsels photographed, including
ovipositing pair---will eventually clean up and post some of the photos.
April 13, 2016
Sacramento County
Tim Manolis
Secret Ravine/Sculpture Park
**Ophiogomphus occidentis Sinuous Snaketail – dozens, the common dragonfly by far, old early date May 3, 2014
Pacific Clubtails – a few
April 12, 2016
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson
Lake Carneros-There was a pretty
good selection at the lake at lunchtime today,
Pacific Forktail 5
Tule Bluet 10
Familiar Bluet 10
Cardinal Meadowhawk 1
Variegated Meadowhawk 2
Red Saddlebags 4
Blue Dasher 1
Common Green Darner 1
Blue-eyed Darner 1 - This
was my first Blue-eyed Darner of the year, but ..
…
*Blue-eyed
Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolor
- Liz Muraoka has seen them nearby since 3/27.
April 11, 2016
San Benito County
Leslie Flint
Pinnacles NP hiking along the Bench Trail
**Pacific
Spiketail Cordulegaster dorsalis -
first this year. [way early, old early date 5/7/2006]
Bear Gulch,
California Darner
Cardinal
Meadowhawk
April 9, 2016
Humboldt County
iNaturalist
April 7, 2016
Siskiyou County
Celise Sharp and Dennis Ball
Big Springs backyard pond
Flame Skimmer – one emerged from their pond, first of year for Northern California
California Darner – a few
Pacific Forktail – several
April 6, 2016
Sonoma County
Jackie Sones
Bodega Bay
Pantala sp. - (I didn't identify to to species as it was silhouetted and went whizzing by.) This was after a couple of record-warm days and east winds. We often see Pantalas during those types of conditions, but it happens more often in late summer.
…
Sonoma County
Alan Wight
Nagasawa Park
in Santa Rosa
Pacific Forktail – many
Western Forktail – 2 females
Vivid Dancer – 1-2
Tule Bluet – 3+
Black Spreadwing – 1foy http://www.sonic.net/~shwand/odonata/black_spreadwing_2608.jpg
California Darner– 3+,
Beaverpond Baskettail - 2+
Western Pondhawk – 1f, foy
*Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis – 1 female, first of year, http://www.sonic.net/~shwand/odonata/eight_spotted_skimmer_2618.jpg
Cardinal Meadowhawk – 1
…….
Mono County
Ron & Barbara
Oriti
Fish Slough
Flame Skimmer, one
Mosaic Darner one
Variegated
Meadowhawks a couple
April 4, 2016
Sacramento County
Dave Johnson
Illinois Avenue at Sailor Bar, American River Parkway see if any odes had appeared since none had last week when I checked. The day was beautiful out and I managed to see 6, maybe 7, different ode species:
Tule Bluet (photo),
Pacific Forktail (photo),
Common Green Darner (1 male),
California Darner (2 males),
Beaverpond Baskettail (1male) and
Variegated Meadowhawk (photo) with a pair mating.
April 3, 2016
Riverside County
Peter Siminski
Dos Palmas Preserve; Dos Palmas oasis, Felger oasis, and fish ponds; Elev. -100’ to -240’; 7:15-11:10, 62-86F, cloudless sky, light air S. 3.5 miles.
Paiute Dancer, Argia alberta 1
**Powdered Dancer, A. moesta 1[new
early date, old date 4/9/2005.
*Blue-ringed Dancer, A. sedula 5
Desert Forktail, Ischnura barberi 1
Citrine Forktail, I. hastate 1
Rambur’s Forktail, I. ramburii 2
Common Green Darner, Anax junius 5
Variegated Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum 6, all looked pretty fresh.
Western Pondhawk, Erythemis collocata 6
Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis >30
Flame Skimmer, Libellula saturata >35
Black Saddlebags, Tramea lacerata 2
Red Saddlebags, T. onusta 6
…
Imperial County
Bob Miller
Alamo River Wetlands Project east of Brawley at the west end of O'Brien from Hwy 115. Very few odes so far.
Familiar Bluet about 10
Blue-ringed Dancer 3
Red-Saddlebags 2
Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Managed Marsh on west side of Hwy 111 at Hazard Road.
Made a quick loop through the ponds and saw no damsels in the corners of the main cells and very few unidentified distant dragons as the vegetation is very dense and mature. Near the west end, about a mile from Hwy 111 in the of the 1.5 mile long cell system, they have taken up a program of burning off two cells per year. These two cells have lots of open water and newly emergent vegetation. The surface was swarming with bluets!
Familiar Bluet thousands with many in wheel and ovipositing.
Red-Saddlebags 10
Common Green Darner 2
**Mexican Amberwings 1 male [new early flight date by one day]
Rambur's Forktail one male
Do not recall where we were at the time but it was a very barren type area where we stopped for just a few seconds without getting out, and I remember an ode landing briefly, two seconds max, on my vehicle antenna and thinking Powdered Dancer! That is not a positive ID by any means though!
April
2, 2016
Marin County
Leslie Flint
Audubon Canyon Ranch (Bolinas Lagoon, Marin) yesterday, I
saw 6 species of Odes. Beautiful day!
Blue-eyed
Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolor
California Darner,
Cardinal
Meadowhawk,
Flame Skimmer (pair ovipositing),
Vivid Dancer
Pacific
Forktail
April
1, 2016
Yolo County
Stephan Telm
North Star
Park: Upper 70s, light
breeze and partly cloudy
Approx
a dozen Pacific forktails: https://www.flickr.com/photos/36618387@N06/26171773416/in/dateposted/
One
vivid dancer (male) -- too far away
for a good pic
One
immature male variegated meadowhawk: https://www.flickr.com/photos/36618387@N06/26197900285/in/photostream/
…….
Sonoma County
Alan Wight
Santa
Rosa Creek west of Willowside Road in Santa Rosa
Vivid Dancer – 2
Darner sp. – 2, likely California
*Pacific Clubtail Gomphus kurilis – 1, photographed, first of year
….
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Bloomfield
Creek, Bloomfield
No/Bo Bluet – 1 young male
*San Francisco Forktail Ischnura gemina – 1 male seen
Western Forktail – a few males & 1 female
California Darner – 1 male seen
…….
Riverside County
Doug Karalun
Dos
Palmas- got my life Citrine Forktail. Weather was high 80s with a light
breeze,1:30-2:30 PM.
Rambur's Forktail
Desert Forktail
*Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata
Blue-ringed Dancer
Green Darner
*Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocata
Blue Dasher
Flame Skimmer
Red Saddlebags
*Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata
Variegated Meadowhawk
…….
Modoc County
Kevin McKereghan
A
first species
Variegated Meadowhawk - a fresh one, in
spite of it having snowed on Monday and being below freezing every night this
week.
A
handful of butterflies were out as well, Mourning Cloaks, Hoary Commas and
California Tortoiseshell.
MARCH
March
31, 2016
Sonoma County
Alan
Wight
Nagasawa Park
in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County,
I saw the following:
Pacific Forktail – 20+
*Tule Bluet – 3+, first of year
here (and not seen yesterday when I was here), here’s a photo of
one: http://www.sonic.net/~shwand/odonata/tule_bluet_2245.jpg
Vivid Dancer – 3
*Black Spreadwing – 1, first of
year here, got away before I got a photo, it looked very much like this one I
photographed here last year: http://www.sonic.net/~shwand/odonata/black_spreadwing_8491.jpg
Beaverpond Baskettail – 1
California Darner – 1
March
30, 2016
Humboldt County
Tony
Kurtz
north
spit on the northern trail that starts from the main south parking lot at Mal'el Dunes
Swift Forktails- This was a new
location for me.
March
29, 2016
Tehama County
Wendell
Gilgert
Point
Blue Dye Creek Ranch
**Grappletail Octogomphus specularis [old
early date 4/8/2007] OC#443897
March
27, 2016
Humboldt County
Tony Westkamper
Carlotta, California
California Darner – photographed
March
26, 2016
Sonoma County
Alan Wight
Nagasawa Park
in Santa Rosa
Pacific Forktail – 50+
Beaverpond Baskettail – 1
March
26, 2016
Sonoma County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Sonoma Horticultural
Gardens off Hessel Rd. in Sebastopol
Our
friends told us that there were a lot of damselflies out Thurs. at the. Over
the last 2 decades, every damsel we've seen there in the Spring has been an
Exclamation (with only 2 exceptions). So we headed on over. Link for the Horticultural Gardens: http://sonomahort.com/visitor_info.htm
Exclamation Damsels Zoniagrion exclamationis - We counted 32,
including both males and females. This is a low count and indeed we saw some on
their maiden flights. You could expect to see 100 here later this month and
early next month.
Photos are posted on Western Odonata..
Calif. Darner - 1
Bigsnest Wildlife Pond
Cardinal Meadowhawk - a female
ovipositing!! Also had 4 emergers today and 6
yesterday....plus numerous exuviae that must be
California Darners
Also seen today is our first Pipevine Swallowtail,
also an ovipositing female. Odd to see the females first this year.
…….
Santa Clara County
Matthew Dodder
Zinfandel
Trail at Picchetti Ranch OSP is now full and very
active with Odes. Quite a nice collection of seasonal firsts for my birding
group!
CALIFORNIA DARNERS — 10
COMMON GREEN DARNER — 1
VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK — 6
CARDINAL MEADOWHAWK — 1
PACIFIC FORKTAIL — 10+
Western Forktail
– male photographed, only 2nd report this year (the other
being in February!!)
BLUET
(species) — 10+
…….
Riverside County
Doug Karalun
Dos
Palmas after missing the Rock Sandpiper earlier today. 2 PM-5 PM Temps
were in the high 80s with a slight breeze.
*American Rubyspot 2
Familiar Bluet 2
*Desert Forktail >20
*Rambur's Forktail >20
Green Darner 2
Variegated Meadowhawk 4
Western Pondhawk 15
Blue Dasher >50
*Flame Skimmer >30
Red Saddlebags 3
Spot-winged Glider 2
March
24, 2016
Humboldt County
Tony
Kurtz
Elk River Slough Wildlife Area in Eureka
*Swift Forktail
Ischnura erratica – several photographed
March
24, 2016
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson
Goleta
California Darner - foy
…….
Sonoma County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Sebastopol backyard pond (Bigsnest Wildlife Pond
California Darners Rhionaeschna californica – one male flew a beat around
and around the pond. Our foy flier. Also had several
new exuviae on the pond.
Cardinal Meadowhawk – 4 emerging
…
Gloria & Harry Conley
Sonoma Horticultural
Gardens off Hessel Rd. in Sebastopol
*Exclamation Damsels Zoniagrion
exclamationis
Our
friends told us that there were a lot of damselflies out Thurs. at the. Over
the last 2 decades, every damsel we've seen there in the Spring has been an
Exclamation (with only 2 exceptions). So we headed on over. Link for the Horticultural Gardens: http://sonomahort.com/visitor_info.htm
…….
Santa Clara County
Nancy Asquith
San Jose's Alum
Rock Park
California Darners were flying near the
creek. I saw at least six
March
22, 2016
Marin County
Len Blumin
Audubon Canyon Ranch, Bolinas
California Darner – 1 male, foy
Pacific Forktail – 3+
March
20, 2016
San Mateo County
Michael Dawson
Seal
Slough
California darners – inc. a female
ovipositing
…….
Imperial County
Jeff Bray
Anza-Borrego desert
*Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea – a young male photographed
March
16, 2016
Santa Clara County
Nancy Asquith
near
Rancho San Antonio
California darner – a female ovipositing
March
14, 2016
Santa Clara County
Nancy Asquith
Ogier
Ponds
NO
DRAGONFLIES L
pacific forktail – a few
March
12, 2016
San Mateo County
Michael
Dawson
Central
Park, San Mateo
First
of the year: pacific forktail
March
11, 2016
Los Angeles County
Dave Bell
La Cañada & Pasadena
I had a couple odes that are earlier than the earliest
records for these species in LA County in OdonataCentral.
Vivid Dancer - Adult male in La
Canada
(photo) 440720
*Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens in Pasadena (flyby, no
photo)
March
10/11, 2016
Sonoma County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Sebastopol backyard pond (Bigsnest Wildlife Pond
*California Darners Rhionaeschna californica - 2 emerged last nite/this morning - in the pouring rain! One is totally doomed, but the other may make it.
I believe they are the first to be reported this year.
Yesterday I had a Cardinal Meadowhawk emerge in the pouring rain too. I guess when they're ready, they can't stop!
March 5, 2016
Riverside County
Peter Siminski
Dos Palmas Preserve; Dos Palmas oasis, Felger oasis, and fish ponds; Elev. -100’ to -240’; 7:20-11:25, 62-80F, 60%-100% altostratus cloud cover, light air S.
*Paiute Dancer, Argia alberta 1
Common Green Darner, Anax junius 5
*Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis 1
Red Saddlebags, Tramea onusta 4
Spot-winged Glider, Pantala hymenaea 4
March
4, 2016
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson
Lake Los Carneros in Goleta
*Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea. I
saw a glider sp. yesterday, albeit briefly, a few miles away from this
location.
March
2, 2016
Sonoma County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Lake Raphine,
Santa Rosa. 69F
but skies became totally overcast
Pacific Forktail – 1 male
…
Alan Wight
Nagasawa Park
in Santa Rosa
*Beaverpond Baskettail Epitheca canis – 1 [new early date for Sonoma Co. and the
earliest one has been seen since 1998]
……….
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson
San
Jose Creek, Goleta
Vivid Dancers - my FOS
…….
Santa Clara County
Nancy Asquith
Emily
Renzel Wetlands
pacific forktails
- a number of, including 2 pairs.
March
1, 2016
Santa Barbara County
Wim van Dam
Solvang
*Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum - 1
Vivid Dancers - several
…….
Santa Clara County
Nancy Asquith
Rancho
San Antonio
near the St. Joseph Ave.
gate
vivid dancer - 1 male and 1 female
February
February
29, 2016
San
Francisco County
Leslie
Flint
San Francisco Presidio looking for butterflies, but
instead saw my first
Vivid Dancer Argia vivida – 1 female
Green Darner - 1
…….
Sonoma County
Alan Wight
Keysight Technologies site on Fountaingrove Parkway
in Santa Rosa
Vivid Dancer - an early female.
February
26, 2016
San Benito County
Paul
G. Johnson
Pinnacles National Park
looking for California
tiger salamander eggs in two abandoned stock ponds. I arrived at a third
pond too late in the day for most odes, so who knows what might have been
flying there. I think all of them are early records for the county…
*familiar
bluet Enallagma
civile - 2
Pacific
forktail - 4
**Western
forktail Ischnura perparva
– 1, old early date 3/1/2009.
*black-fronted
forktail Ischnura denticollis - 1
common
green darner - 1
variegated
meadowhawk - 10+ (including tandem pairs
ovipositing)
Photos
of all but the darner are in the Paul Johnson Yahoo Groups photos folder:https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CalOdes/photos/albums/2015306654
February
25, 2016
Inyo County
Ron
and Barbara Oriti
Death Valley
golf course pond
Variegateds, of course,
a couple skimmer
tenerals,
*Common Green
Darners Anax junius, two
a few damselflies.
The wildflowers were great, esp. south of Badwater
February
24, 2016
Sonoma County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Laguna
Wetlands Park, Sebastopol, 2:30 – 3:00
Pacific Forktail - ~7, the 4 seen
well were all male Pacific Forktails
Variegated Meadowhawk - 1 [drat, I
had hoped to catch it and mark the wings, but it didn't come into the net, nay,
it didn't even get close enuf to swing at).
---earlier
in the day a Pacific Forktail
emerged from their backyard pond
….
Alan Wight
Nagasawa Park
in Santa Rosa
Pacific Forktail - lots (30+). I
saw two pairs in wheel and additionally lots of unidentified tenerals.
February
22, 2016
San
Diego County
Bob
Miller
Wastewater
Treatment Plant in Borrego Springs,
*Red Saddlebags Tramea onusta- 1
female
February
19, 2016
Monterey County
Don Roberson
Laguna Grande Park in Seaside (in the little reedy pond by the euc grove).
Pacific Forktail - a minimum of 4 adult males. Although not surprising, this does apparently extend forward the early spring date for flying odes of this species in MTY by almost 3 weeks.
…….
Los Angeles County
Jeff Bray
Aliso Viejo
*Vivid Dancer Argia vivida OC#440197
February
14, 2016
Sonoma County
Dave Barry
North slope Regional Park East of Santa Rosa
Variegated
Meadowhawk - 2
…….
San Bernardino County
Doug Karalun
East Highland Reservoir
Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula - 4
I
haven't seen a Variegated Meadowhawk in the county since Christmas Day.
February
13, 2016
Santa
Barbara County
Nick Lethaby and Hugh Ranson
middle
Santa Ynez River along Paradise
Road
Variegated Meadowhawks ~40, including 3
pairs ovipositing.
*Northern Bluet Enallagma annexum – 1 male that was netted and
photographed. It's an early county date by over a month.
……..
Mariposa County
Tim Manolis
a vernal pool in the foothill along White Rock Road
Variegated
Meadowhawks - some on territorial patrols
February
12, 2016
Inyo County
Ron
& Barbara Oriti
Variegated
Meadowhawks at various places
starting February 12.
February
7, 2016
Orange County
San
Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine
Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum
corruptum – 1 young female photographed
…….
Santa
Barbara County
Hugh Ranson
Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum
corruptum – 5
February
5, 2016
Sonoma County
Sandra Hunt-von Arb, Kathy &
Dave Biggs
Laguna
Wetlands ponds
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum – 1-2 males seen, one
photographed, our FOY Ode!! It was flying a beat….hard to tell if the
same one every time….
January
January 28, 2016
Santa
Barbara County
Liz Muraoka
Rancho
Goleta Lakeside in Santa Barbara
*Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula,
photographed – very teneral
January
27, 2016
Humboldt County
Tony Vanderkamper
Van Duzen River - Stony
river bar and puddles
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum 439927
January
10, 2016
Humboldt County
Tony Vanderkamper
Van Duzen River - Stony river
bar, 10 meters from water
*Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum 439502
& 439503
- Saw two today in early afternoon. First sunny day in weeks. I observed both
actively pursue, capture, and consume small flying insects. They were within
100 meters of each other.
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County Records
reported/confirmed in 2016, but discovered in prior years:
June 23, 2008
Madera County
Ron Oriti
Devil's
Post Pile
Shadow Darner, Aeshna umbrosa CA Chart # 100; OC #420627
First PHOTO record
April 26, 2014
Sutter County
Peter Grunow
Sutter
NWR wetlands trail, Sutter NWR
Western Forktail
Ischnura perparva – CA Chart # 143 SIGHT RECORD (needs
upgrading)
I
didn't bother taking their picture at the time, because they are such a
widespread and common species and thought nothing of it. It will reopen in
spring for people to obtain images.
July 26, 2011
Alameda County
Peter Grunow
Arroyo
Mocho
Gray Sanddragon Progomphus
borealis – CA Chart # 143 OC# 450717
First PHOTO record
It
should be noted that this was found after a record amount of spring rain,
although there is plenty of habitat along the arroyo. It exhibited typical sanddragon behavior, returning to the top of a rock in a
sunny portion of the stream after catching insects
