The Whisperer Speaks!—Sound Waters 2018

Well, the Dragonfly Whisperer speaks again! This time it is for Sound Waters 2018, a wonderful conservation conference sponsored by Sound Waters Stewards.

Here's some information on this year's conference:



My talk is at 3:00 pm in the afternoon. Here's a short description:



I hope to see some of you there. Please stop by and say hello!

The Whisperer Speaks! Sound Waters, 2015

Greetings Fellow Dragonfliers:

I'll be giving a dragonfly talk tomorrow at the Sound Waters conference.  Here's their logo:

Some information on the talk and speaker are given below:

I'll be giving all those in attendance the following handout.  You can print the version below to get a nice color copy:

I hope to see you there tomorrow.

I'll sign off with a Vitruvian Dragonfly advertising the event:

The Whisperer Speaks: Intriguing Aspects of Dragonfly Behavior

On Saturday, I had the pleasure of giving two dragonfly talks for the Sound Waters Conference.  Thanks so much for attending, and making it an enjoyable experience for all.

Here's a brief description of the talk I gave on dragonfly behavior:

My background, which is mainly in theoretical physics, is described below.  I've been studying dragonflies with increasing interest for the last 6 years or so.

Here's the handout for the dragonfly behavior talk.

After the talk, I was asked about the camera that was used to take the slow-motion videos.  They were taken with a simple point-and-shoot camera called the Casio EX-FH25, shown below.  I shoot the videos at 240 frames per second, which gives good time resolution for observing dragonfly behavior.

I was also asked about the Dragonfly Society of the Americas, and their scientific publication, Argia.  You can find more information about the DSA at the website for Odonata Central, as shown below.

The link to this page is

http://odonatacentral.org/index.php/PageAction.get/name/DSAHomePage

Here's an example of Argia, showing the first paper I published describing the spin-dry behavior of dragonflies:

The Whisperer Speaks: Identifying Dragonflies in Puget Sound

On Saturday, February 1, I gave a pair of dragonfly talks for the Sound Waters environmental conference in Oak Harbor.  These talks were a little more detailed and technical than the ones I've given in the past.  The first talk was on identifying common Puget Sound dragonflies, and the second one dealt with interesting aspects of dragonfly behavior.

Here's a description of the ID talk:

Here's page 1 of the handout I gave out for the identification talk.  It deals with identifying common non-darner dragonflies by color:

Here's page 2 of the handout, which deals with identification of common Puget Sound darners:

Thanks for attending, and participating with many interesting and insightful questions.  You helped make it an enjoyable experience for all of us.

Happy dragonflying!