California's Year 2007 Dragonfly Sightings**TWO NEW STATE RECORDS** - Baja Bluet Enallagma eiseni (June 17/18) and Turquoise-tipped Darner Rhionaeschna psilus (September 16)
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.
date (month/day/year)
County (name of county where seen)
your name
place, etc.
species common name &/or scientific name - #s & other data, comments
species common name &/or scientific name- #s & other data, comments
etc.
See examples below (after dates start)
THANK YOU
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
OC=Odonata Central: http://odonatacentral.bfl.utexas.edu/records/US_new_records.asp report new county records here*= first/last sighting of species of year in CA **= new flight data for species in CA#= possibly a migratory event
As of the most recent date below,108 species (out of 113 known species) have been reported to this site as flying in CA in 2007.
26 new county records &/or upgrades to county records have been made this year
(this # includes upgrades of previous ‘sighting only’ records, newly accessed museum collections and new reports of prior year’s data).`Sighting only' records need further documentation, but please report them so we can try to get substantiation.There may be upgrades of previous `sighting only' records and new specimen records from recently examined museum/private collections listed. If you find such a record, please email it to Kathy Biggs <bigsnest@sonic.net>County records should be substantiated with specimen (preferable) or photo and notes. [note: not all species are identifiable by photos]
Report new county records to Odonata Central: http://odonatacentral.bfl.utexas.edu/records/US_new_records.asp for verification
December
December 30, 2007
San
Bernardino County
Peter Siminski
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve,
Yucca Ridge Trail; 8:00 - 9:45, 28 -55 degrees, sunny, calm.
*Variegated
Meadowhawk, Sympetrum
corruptum 1 – last report
of the year
December 29, 2007San Diego CountyPete Spino
Upper Plum Canyon in the western portion of ABDSP,a Variegated Meadowhawk at 2:45 pm.
December 26, 2007
Imperial County
Bob Miller
Algodones DunesBeen seeing about one individual Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
each day on my walks through the dunes. Today, there were five in one location!
December 23, 2007
San Bernardino County
Peter Siminski
Big Morongo Canyon
Preserve, hiked about 3 1/2 miles down the canyon; 8:00 - 12:45, 48 -72
degrees, sunny, calm to light winds.
Variegated Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum >19
December 15, 2007
Riverside County
Peter Siminski
Dos Palmas Preserve, Dos Palmas Oasis; 9:30-13:20,
sunny, calm, 50-63 degrees.
**Paiute Dancer, Argia alberta 1 Did not get it netted, but got a good look – new late
flight data by 2 whole months from prior years! - kb
*Vivid Dancer, Argia vivida 2 - last report 2007
**Rambur's Forktail, Ischnura ramburii 12 – new late flight data by one week - kb
*Common Green Darner, Anax junius 1 - last report 2007
Variegated Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum 3
December 10, 2007
Santa Clara County John Hall and David Edwards
Monte Bello OSP **Spotted Spreadwing - one female photographed - new late flight date by 1 day
San Mateo CountySkyline Ridge OSP**California Spreadwing Archilestes californicus - male photographed - new late flight date by 9 days