A Reader Visits Cherry Springs!

Note: Over the years, this post from September 4, 2013 has been one of the most popular on the blog. I thought I would re-post it so more people will have a chance to see what it's all about. I still hope to get to Cherry Springs Nature Area one of these days.

Not long ago, I was contacted by naturalist Sheri Covert at the Cherry Springs nature area near Pocatello, Idaho. She was putting together an interpretive sign to inform visitors about some of the interesting insect life to be found there, and asked if she could use a couple of my dragonfly pictures. I was happy to help with a project like that, and supplied her with pictures of the species she was looking for. Here's a rough draft of the sign, which looks very nice.

Here's an enlargement of the dragonfly section:

I look forward to visiting Cherry Springs one of these days. If any of my intrepid readers gets there first, please take a picture of the sign in place and we'll include it in the blog.


Follow Up:
Well, it's happened now—a reader of the blog, Thom Dyson, has visited the Cherry Springs Nature Area. He reports that it's a pleasant walk, though there were no odonates out when he visited in early June. Still, he found the sign, and took this photo of it on the trail:



It so nice to see that it's still there, five years on. Thanks Thom, I'm so happy to finally get to see the sign in it's natural habitat!


You can learn more about the species featured on the Cherry Springs Interpretive Sign in my new field guide, Common Dragonflies and Damselflies of the Pacific Coast. You can see more about it at the following link to Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Common-Dragonflies-Damselflies-Pacific-Coast/dp/1934199265/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537113380&sr=8-1&keywords=dragonflies+pacific

P. S. They have it at a very good price right now!