Turtle Pond West – Audubon – Jamestown, NY

Date:  July 30, 2007
Time:  1:40 – 2:10
Observers:  Jennifer Schlick, John Wilson, Kimberly Greene, Robert Lincoln, Caleb Johnson, Kathleen Carolus
Weather:  hot (mid-high 80s), clear, still

Species Seen:

• Twelve-spotted Skimmer
• Widow Skimmer
• Eastern Pondhawk
• Blue Dasher
• Eastern Forktail
• Yellow-legged Meadowhawk
• Slender Spreadwing

Comments:
Someone caught a female Eastern Pondhawk who was just pumping out eggs.  It was an incredible sight.  Her eggs came out in a big sticky mass.  Click on this photo to see a larger version.