Turtle Pond West – Audubon – Jamestown NY
Date: July 20, 2007
Time: 11:20-11:40
Observers: Jennifer Schlick, Jeff Tome, John Wilson, 14 TechNature Campers
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, breezy, low 70s
Species Seen:
- Sedge Sprite
- Slender Spreadwing
- Eastern Forktail
- Fragile Forktail
Comments:
Every once in a while, the sun would come out from behind the clouds and we were hopeful some bigger dragons would fly… but no such luck. The kids got really good at distinguishing the difference between Eastern and Fragile Forktails today. There were lots of both! (The Fragile has no blue at the tip of its abdomen and it has exclamation marks on its thorax.)
Add comment July 20, 2007
Audubon – Turtle Pond East – Jamestown, NY
Date: July 20, 2007
Time: 10:45 – 11:20
Observers: Jennifer Schlick, Jeff Tome, John Wilson, 14 TechNature Campers
Weather: Cloudy, breezy, low 70s
Species:
- Eastern Forktail
- Fragile Forktail
- Yellow-legged Meadowhawk
- Slender Spreadwing
- Slender Bluet
Comments:
The TechNature kids were great at capturing damsels and dragons for us to identify. They also practiced their GPS skills to give me coordinates for the survey. They got quite good at identifying some of the more common species, too.
July 20, 2007
Turtle Pond West – Audubon, Jamestown NY
Date: July 16, 2007
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Observers: Jennifer Schlick, Kim Greene, Tyler Falcao, Nick Kinney, Ashlee Johnson, Sarah Spangenburg
Weather: High 70s, partly sunny, light breeze
Species Seen:
- Common Spreadwing
- Common Whitetail
- Widow Skimmer
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer
- Blue Dasher
- Familiar Bluet
- Slender Spreadwing
- Eastern Pondhawk
- Sedge Sprite
Comments:
Ashlee took a little break from the dragonfly survey to catch a water snake. It only bit her a few times.
Add comment July 16, 2007
Allenburg Bog, Napoli NY
Date: July 11, 2007
Time: 10:30-11:00
Weather: warm, thunderstorms threatening
Observers: Jennifer Schlick, Bob Schlick, and the Teen Treks kids
Species Seen:
- Common Whitetail
- Eastern Forktail
- Dot-tailed Whiteface
- A big darner that wouldn’t let us catch him!
- Red-waisted Whiteface ( I think these are female and male of the same species):
Comments:
We didn’t stay long in the bog. the flies were biting mercilessly, and the thunder started grumbling as the skies turned blacker. I managed to snag only a couple of dragons and to snap only a couple of the gorgeous plants.
The Pitcher Plant flowers were nearing the end of their bloom. Rose Pogonia was blooming beautifully, as were the cranberries. Blueberries were set, but not ripe.
Add comment July 11, 2007
Pine Hill State Forest, Randolph NY
Date: Sunday, June 24, 2007
Time: 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Weather: Sunny, hot
Observers: Jennifer Schlick, Lolli, Terry Saye, Mozart
Species Seen:
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer
- Frosted Whiteface
- Eastern Forktail
- Unicorn Clubtail
Comments:
Almost didn’t even know this pond was here! After hiking a trail that is part of the DEC Pine Forest Reforestation area, we came back to the car to find several other cars parked near mine, and folks climbing an embankment with fishing poles.
2 comments June 24, 2007
Keyser Lake, Randolph NY
Date: Sunday, June 24, 2007
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Weather: Sunny, hot, breezy
Observers: Jennifer Schlick, Lolli
Species Seen:
- Prince Baskettail
- Common Baskettail
- Rainbow Bluet
- Variable Dancer
- Calico Pennant
- Marsh Bluet
- Unnamed Clubtail who wouldn’t let me catch him!
Comments:
I actually think there may have been two different clubtails. They were moving rather fast and eluding me in the breeze. I think I saw a Unicorn Clubtail. Perhaps the other was the Lancet. I caught and photographed one of those the last time I was at this site.
Add comment June 24, 2007
Big Field, Audubon, Jamestown NY
Date: June 21, 2007 (The Summer Solstice!)
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Weather: Sunny, brisk breeze, high 60s – low 70s?
Observers: Jennifer Schlick, Kim Greene, Sarah Hatfield, Jeff Tome
Species Seen:
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer
- Dot-tailed Whiteface
- Some sort of Bluet
- Slender Spreadwing
- Spatterdock Darner
Comments:
The Darner is the big news! It’s listed as “Endangered” in the Massachusetts field guide and a “Species of Greatest Conservation Need” in New York State. Sarah, Kim, and Jennifer actually saw it for the first time on June 20th and got the photo you see here. We had no nets. Kim, Jeff, and Jennifer went out again on the 21st, but couldn’t catch it. Sarah and Kim finally caught it on the 22nd and got more photos to verify the species.
We are 99.9% sure on the ID: the bright blue eyes, the stripes, the behavior, the flight season. But please, if you think you know differently, let us know!!!
Add comment June 21, 2007
Spatterdock Pond, Audubon, Jamestown NY
Date: June 19, 2007
Time: 1:45-2:45
Weather: partly sunny, humid, hot… just after AND before: Thunderstorms!!
Observers: Jennifer Schlick, Kimberly Greene, John House
Species Seen:
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer
- Widow Skimmer
- Common Whitetail
- Elegant Spreadwing
- Ebony Jewelwing
- Common Green Darner
- Blue Dasher
- Black Saddlebags
Comments:
We had thunderstorms on and off all day. At one point, the power was knocked out, so we couldn’t do anything on the computers… and the sun broke through… So we grabbed nets and headed out. We got about an hour of survey time in before the next thunderstorm rolled in.
I really wish I had had a video camera so you could see Kim catching this Ebony Jewelwing. It was a precious moment captured only in my memory.
Add comment June 19, 2007
Keyser Lake, Randolph NY
Date: Saturday, June 16, 2007
Time: 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Weather: Warm, still, sunny morning with a little mist
Observer: Jennifer Schlick
Species Seen:
- Eastern Forktail
- Rainbow Bluet
- Lancet Clubtail (I think)
- Prince Baskettail
Comments:
Later in the day I also saw Calico Pennants and some big guys – maybe more clubtails? But I didn’t have a net…
I did this survey in the morning of our Staff Reunion at the camp where I spent many summers as a child and one summer as a counselor.
1 comment June 16, 2007
Big Pond Dike, Audubon, Jamestown NY
Date: Thursday, June 14, 2007
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Weather: Sunny, some clouds, breezy, mid to high 70s
Observers: Jennifer Schlick, Jeff Tome
Species Seen:
- Black Saddlebags
- Unicorn Clubtail
- Common Whitetail
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer
- Eastern Forktail
- Common Baskettail
- Eastern Pondhawk
- Marsh Bluet
- Unicorn Clubtail
- Widow Skimmer
- Common Green Darner
Add comment June 14, 2007
