[Odonata-l] Fwd: Dragonfly Days is on the way!

[Joshua Rose]

Howdy folks,

Have already posted this to TexOdes, but wanted to spread the word a  
bit more widely. My apologies to anyone who receives multiple  
copies... Please feel free to distribute to the other regional lists.  
Thanks!

> Howdy folks,
>
> Just wanted to remind everyone that the Dragonfly Days festival is  
> less
> than two months away! It is scheduled for May 21 through 24. John  
> Abbott
> will be this year's keynote speaker, talking on "Texas Dragonflies:
> Past, Present, and Future". Other speakers will include Ro Wauer,
> speaking about nature along the border; Greg Lasley with an odonate
> travelogue from South Africa; Martin Reid covering what dragonflies  
> eat
> and what other animals eat dragonflies; yours truly talking about  
> south
> Texas dragon-watching hotspots; and, of course, Bob Behrstock with the
> latest edition of "Dragonflies 101". A pre-fest trip to Santa Ana NWR
> and a spread of trips Saturday and Sunday will target the usual south
> Texas specialties like Caribbean Yellowface, Amelia's and Coral- 
> fronted
> Threadtail, Spot-tailed Dasher, Slough Amberwing, Carmine Skimmer, and
> all the rest, and hoping for a few surprises like last year's Black
> Pondhawks and Three-striped Dashers to spice up the proceedings!
>
> (I also have heard that a dazzling new Dragonfly Days T-shirt is in
> production that will feature many of those same species I just named,
> plus a few more...)
>
> Speaking of dazzling surprises, an out-of-town visitor (Bryan Pfeiffer
> from Vermont) who is currently in the LRGV photographed a dragon at
> Laguna Atascosa NWR last week which has been tentatively identified  
> as a
> Caribbean Dasher, Micrathyria dissocians, never before documented in  
> the
> US! Local watchers are hoping to get better photos, if not a specimen.
> So it's shaping up to be another exciting year of LRGV odonates!
>
> On a sadder note, for those who have not yet heard the rumours, I  
> figure
> to be leaving Texas and moving back to Massachusetts over the summer.
> So, if you have been reading my e-mails but not met me in person yet,
> Dragonfly Days 2009 might be your last chance, unless I can dig up  
> some
> really cheap plane tickets in May 2010....
>
> To see the schedule, register, or view other information, see
http://www.valleynaturecenter.org/dragonflydays/2009/dragonfly2009.html

Or, if the direct link does not work for you, surf to the home page of  
the Valley Nature Center, and then click on the DfD link from there.
>
> Hope to see y'all in May!
>
> Josh
>
>
> Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
> Natural Resource Specialist
> World Birding Center at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
> http://www.worldbirdingcenter.org/sites/mission/index.phtml
> Joshua.Rose at tpwd.state.tx.us
> (956) 584-9156 Extension 236