[birding] Stewart Lake: dragonfly extravaganza

[Jamie S.]

Dragonflies at Stewart Lake (HP) have been abundant on warm sunny days. (On cool days--such as Monday--we see none or very few.)
 
Yesterday (Tue 7/14) we saw:
-Eight-spotted Skimmer (common)
-Cardinal Meadowhawk (at least 3 males, 1 female)
-Blue Dasher (I'm still working on figuring out the differences between this and the next one. I know we have both; not sure about relative abundance. There are a lot of one or the other or both!)
-Western Pondhawk
-Common Green Darner (2; not seen daily)
-Common Whitetail - at least 1 male
-Widow Skimmer (at least 2 males, 1 female)
 
Friday (7/10) there was a male Flame Skimmer. We also had California Darner last week.
 
Damselflies: Pacific Forktail & Tule Bluet
 
I'm out just about every weekday, usually about 12:05 to 12:50. Email if you'd like to meet there, though you don't need me to visit.
 
Jamie Simmons
Corvallis


      
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