Red Saddlebags and more, Philomath SPs 8/4

[Jamie S.]

Hendrik Herlyn, Oscar Harper, and I journeyed to the Philomath Sewage Ponds (Philomath, OR) just after noon and found cooperative Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta), as reported by Howard Bruner yesterday. With limited time, we didn't concentrate on counting individuals, but 10 is a fair estimate of how many we saw. We were mesmerized by these notable invaders from California, but also managed to see:

We also observed:

Black Saddlebags (incl. one mated pair and one who perched for us; in my experience it's rare to see any perched)

Common Green Darner (incl. one cooperative perched mated pair; in my experience it's rare to see any perched)

Variegated Meadowhawks

Flame Skimmer (1)

Eight-spotted Skimmers

Western Pondhawks

unidentified damselflies (Tule Bluets? I didn't try to ID them)

5 photos attached.

Jamie Simmons

Corvallis

[b_g...@comcast.net]

Hi Jamie,

Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos! Those were great.

Cheers,

Bill

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