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Waiting for white

June 11, 2019 - In the past few days, the air has been swarming with Common Whitetail dragonflies... only, they don't yet have white tai...
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Spectacular spangles

June 07, 2018 - Today's walking accomplishment was something less than aerobic, and while my heart doctors would, no doubt, tut-tut, my...
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Old young friends

June 14, 2017 - Everything continues to be late this June, and the absence of some of the signature species of late spring has begun to...
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Spike driver

June 04, 2017 - By this time in past years, the June air has been thrumming with dragonflies of all sorts and every walk would have yiel...
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Odonate surprise

July 11, 2016 - I'd stopped by a local pond to scan the emergents for odonates, and there was something odd about this one that really c...
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The first common dragonfly

May 31, 2016 - I was beginning to wonder if something was wrong with our odonate population. To be sure, May was often chilly, many tim...
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Ebony emergence

May 24, 2016 - In yet another example of anti-Pasteurism, chance favored the not-particularly-well-prepared mind. After spending a good...
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Almost adult

June 03, 2015 - Blue Dasher dragonflies are common as dirt around here, and they just might be our most abundant species, with Pondhawks...
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Dot, dot, dot-tails

May 28, 2015 - After several years on the hunt, odonates have become something of an obsession... a magnificent and productive one, to...
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