Yesterday afternoon I spent roughly four hours (2-6 PM) looking for odes (ode-ing?). The temperature was in the low 80s F and the skies mostly clear. I visited two sites, spending a bit less than two hours at each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My first stop was the Harris Center property on Brimstone Corner Road in Antrim (a.k.a. part of the old boy\/girl scout camp, depending on how long you have been around!). Here, I walked down the road to its low spot where the beaver pond outlet crosses the road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I spotted my first odes when I got to the now rapidly regrowing log landing. There were several blue dashers, a few female common pondhawks and a couple of calico pennants present here. There was also a lone yellow dragonfly that cannot identify. (I know I have seen this species before, but it just isn’t coming to me know… a symptom of old age, I guess!) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the stream just below where it crosses the road there were many (two or three dozen) ebony jewelwings of both sexes and a small number of variable dancers, including two pairs flying in tandem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Across the road and along the shore of the large beaver pond, I observed a single male slatey skimmer and a couple of spreadwings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My second stop was the Cilley Family Forest in Greenfield. (This land was once part of the Robertson farm. The Robertsons are Joan’s cousins.) Here, I walked down the road to the field by the river and then over to the railroad bridge across the Contoocook. In the field I observed a single blue dasher, couple of Halloween pennants and a couple of male widow skimmers. Over on the bank adjacent to the rail bridge, I saw a single female common pondhawk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All-in-all, the total number of odes (except for the Ebony jewelwings) were low has seems to be generally true this summer. However, I did see a nice selection of different species while I was out.<\/p>\n\n\n
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The first ten of these photos were made at the Harris Center property; the last four at the Cilley Family Forest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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