Thank you for the email. I too am going to order the book. I forwarded the link
to colleagues at US Fish and Wildlife too.
Sandie Doran
> On Apr 16, 2015, at 10:56 PM, Melanie Uhlir wrote:
>
> I was also astounded to see Odonates of various kinds when I visited
> Sapsucker Woods on Monday
I was also astounded to see Odonates of various kinds when I visited
Sapsucker Woods on Monday to see the Great Egrets. In fact, I was so
surprised that I thought I was imagining them until several flew by at
very close range. I am going to purchase Meena's book!! I didn't even
realize Odonates
Meena's wonderful book (link below) gives some info on migration of odonates
(page 117). Green Darner is one of the long distance migrants. Maybe these
darners that are showing up now hatched in the deep south, or even in Veracruz,
and came north on more-or-less the same timetable as the Broad-w
Hermit Thrushes seem quite numerous in my area today, belying the québécois
name: "Grive Solitaire".
I glimpsed a chocolate brown butterfly this morning that I presume was a
Mourning Cloak.
At 3:00 this afternoon, as I was hauling rocks with the tractor, I was very
surprised to see a big (3")