BBC walk led by Hugh Sansom
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From: Hugh Sansom
Date: Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 11:35 AM
From: Hugh Sansom
Date: Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 11:35 AM
Hi Peter —
The walk went well, and I learned a few things that I could do if there are any more walks in the future. 7 people showed up. I gave some introduction to dragonflies and damselflies, identified the species we saw, gave some background when there was something of note (male vs. female, territoriality, reproduction, hunting, color characteristics, flight abilities, vision abilities, life cycle).
We observed the following:
Dragonflies
The walk went well, and I learned a few things that I could do if there are any more walks in the future. 7 people showed up. I gave some introduction to dragonflies and damselflies, identified the species we saw, gave some background when there was something of note (male vs. female, territoriality, reproduction, hunting, color characteristics, flight abilities, vision abilities, life cycle).
We observed the following:
Dragonflies
Blue Dasher several Lower Pool, Boathouse Bridge
Autumn Meadowhawk 1 or 2 Lower Pool
Great Blue Skimmer between 4 & 8 Lower Pool, Boathouse Bridge
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 1 Boathouse bridge
Eastern Pondhawk 2 or 3 Boathouse bridge
Slaty Skimmer maybe 1 Boathouse bridge
Green Darner too many to count meadows
Black Saddlebags a few long meadow
Autumn Meadowhawk 1 or 2 Lower Pool
Great Blue Skimmer between 4 & 8 Lower Pool, Boathouse Bridge
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 1 Boathouse bridge
Eastern Pondhawk 2 or 3 Boathouse bridge
Slaty Skimmer maybe 1 Boathouse bridge
Green Darner too many to count meadows
Black Saddlebags a few long meadow
Damselflies (a little less certain here because some species resemble one another)
American Bluet
Fragile Forktail
Eastern Forktail
Orange Bluet
Thanks!
