[Odonata-l] Fwd: [se-odonata] STRIPED SADDLEBAGS (Tramea calverti) in NC

[Joshua Stuart Rose]

Hey y'all - if T. calverti can show up in NC, it might be lurking in  
several other states as well. US dragonfly watchers, photographers,  
and collectors, take note and keep your eyes peeled... JSR

Begin forwarded message:

> From: jspippen at duke.edu
> Date: October 29, 2006 9:35:58 PM CST
> To: Southeast-Odonata <se-odonata at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [se-odonata] STRIPED SADDLEBAGS (Tramea calverti) in NC
>
> Dragonfliers,
>
> Today (29 Oct 2006) while birding and butterflying the southeastern  
> corner
> of North Carolina in Brunswick Co., Harry LeGrand, Ricky Davis, and I
> found two Striped Saddlebags (Tramea calverti).  These dragons were  
> flying
> about 4-8 feet high over a fairly small area.  They flew with a fair
> amount of gliding along a wide path with landscape plantings along  
> a golf
> course.  One of the individuals perched several times, allowing a  
> series
> of photos.  We observed the dragons for several minutes.
>
> The dragons were Wandering Glider sized and appeared a tad darker  
> amber
> than that species in flight.  There are two previous NC county  
> records,
> one in the piedmont in Durham Co., and one along the extreme northeast
> coast in Currituck Co.
>
> Here's a link to the pics:
>
> http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/dragonflies/stripedsaddlebags.htm
>
> Not too many other dragons were seen today other than a bunch of  
> Little
> Blue Dragonlets in a salt marsh, a few Wandering Gliders, and a few  
> Black
> Saddlebags.
>
> (On a bird note, collectively the 3 of us found 7 Cave Swallows!)
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Jeffrey S. Pippen
> Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
> Rm A-241 LSRC Bldg, Box 90328
> Duke University, Durham, NC  27708
> PH: (919) 660-7278
> http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/nature.htm
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Joshua Stuart Rose
Program Director
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
Mission TX
http://www.worldbirdingcenter.org/sites/mission/index.phtml
956-584-9156 extension 236
joshua.rose at tpwd.state.tx.us