The Dragonfly Whisperer

This has been a weird year, as we all know, what with the pandemic affecting everything. I haven't gone out dragonflying nearly as much ...

 Yesterday, Betsy and I went to Little Cranberry Lake here in Anacortes to do a bit of dragonflying. There was a problem, however—before we ...

We saw our first odonates of the year today at Little Cranberry Lake here in Anacortes. We had been looking for them for the last couple wee...

Well, it's here—2020—the start of a new year and a new decade. Here's wishing you and yours a healthy and fulfilling New Year. I...

We keep setting new records for the latest flight date of the season. A new record for the Shadow Darner was set just a few days ago, and ye...

I always keep track of the first and last flight dates for the various species in our area. Last week, November 22 to be precise, a Shadow D...

Here's a look at an immature male Eight-spotted Skimmer at Heart Lake in Anacortes: Notice that the abdomen isn't pruinose bluis...