[Odonata-l] Fwd: [se-odonata] STRIPED SADDLEBAGS (Tramea calverti)in NC

[doug@basiclink.com]

It is a very good year for Calverti, as it was found in California for the 
first time a few weeks ago, and then the following week, a Plateau Dragonlet 
was found.


Douglas Aguillard
San Diego, CA
doug at basiclink.com
http://sdbirds.basiclink.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joshua Stuart Rose" <opihi at mindspring.com>
To: "Odonata-l" <odonata-l at listhost.ups.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 8:58 PM
Subject: [Odonata-l] Fwd: [se-odonata] STRIPED SADDLEBAGS (Tramea 
calverti)in NC


> Hey y'all - if T. calverti can show up in NC, it might be lurking in
> several other states as well. US dragonfly watchers, photographers,
> and collectors, take note and keep your eyes peeled... JSR
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: jspippen at duke.edu
>> Date: October 29, 2006 9:35:58 PM CST
>> To: Southeast-Odonata <se-odonata at yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: [se-odonata] STRIPED SADDLEBAGS (Tramea calverti) in NC
>>
>> Dragonfliers,
>>
>> Today (29 Oct 2006) while birding and butterflying the southeastern
>> corner
>> of North Carolina in Brunswick Co., Harry LeGrand, Ricky Davis, and I
>> found two Striped Saddlebags (Tramea calverti).  These dragons were
>> flying
>> about 4-8 feet high over a fairly small area.  They flew with a fair
>> amount of gliding along a wide path with landscape plantings along
>> a golf
>> course.  One of the individuals perched several times, allowing a
>> series
>> of photos.  We observed the dragons for several minutes.
>>
>> The dragons were Wandering Glider sized and appeared a tad darker
>> amber
>> than that species in flight.  There are two previous NC county
>> records,
>> one in the piedmont in Durham Co., and one along the extreme northeast
>> coast in Currituck Co.
>>
>> Here's a link to the pics:
>>
>> http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/dragonflies/stripedsaddlebags.htm
>>
>> Not too many other dragons were seen today other than a bunch of
>> Little
>> Blue Dragonlets in a salt marsh, a few Wandering Gliders, and a few
>> Black
>> Saddlebags.
>>
>> (On a bird note, collectively the 3 of us found 7 Cave Swallows!)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jeff
>>
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Jeffrey S. Pippen
>> Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
>> Rm A-241 LSRC Bldg, Box 90328
>> Duke University, Durham, NC  27708
>> PH: (919) 660-7278
>> http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/nature.htm
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Joshua Stuart Rose
> Program Director
> World Birding Center
> Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
> Mission TX
> http://www.worldbirdingcenter.org/sites/mission/index.phtml
> 956-584-9156 extension 236
> joshua.rose at tpwd.state.tx.us
>
>
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