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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Sorry, this is off-topic for birding lists, but I know there are dragonfly enthusiasts as well on these lists.</FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>While looking for the Palm Warbler in Peoria on Monday, December 1st, I spotted a dragonfly in the Darner family (Aeshnidae).<SPAN> </SPAN>Rich Hoyer had a glimpse as well before it disappeared.<SPAN> </SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN></SPAN>According to _Dragonflies & Damselflies of the Willamette Valley, Oregon_ by Steve Gordon and Cary Kerst and published in 2005, there are no non-red-colored dragonfly species typically still around after about mid-November.<SPAN> </SPAN>On page 9, under "When and Where to Look", they wrote "There are no December Oregon adult Odonate records--yet."<SPAN> T</SPAN>here is one now (if there haven't been any previous December records)!</FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">(Some of the Oregon web links in the book are already obsolete or have not been updated in years. If anyone knows how to contact Steve Gordon and/or Cary Kerst, please pass this email on to them.)
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Jamie Simmons</FONT>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">woodpecker97330@yahoo.com
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>in balmy Corvallis (for anyone receiving this email who is not in Oregon, it has been a very mild fall so far)</FONT></DIV></DIV></td></tr></table><br>