North Fork Audubon's 5th Annual Family Dragonfly Day in Greenport

Common Green Darner (Anax junius)

On Saturday, August 13, The North Fork Audubon Society had its 5th Annual Family Dragonfly Day at Skipper Horton Wentworth Park in Greenport. Adults and children of all ages spent a wonderful afternoon learning all about Dragonflies. Sonomi helped children create origami dragonflies and Sarah Williams taught “All About Dragonflies”. Expert Annette DeGiovine Oliveria was on hand to help identify local dragonflies and damselflies.

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Connie Gillies (of Constant Wonder www.conniegillies.com) and GP Lane performed "edu-tainment' for the children!  Through theater games and interactive music children acted out the life cycle of the magnificent dragonfly and other OVIPAROUS creatures on the North Fork, Connie performed her award winning interactive original songs, laugh and learn!

 

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Needham's Skimmer (Libellula needhami)

Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)

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"Children of all ages, armed with nets and cameras, marvelled at the wonder of nature at the North Fork Audubon Society Dragonfly Day. Each year the local chapter of the Audubon Society uses the day to teach young and old about the amazing dragonflies and damselflies found in our local ponds. Expert Annette Oliveira was on hand to tell the children how to catch the bugs and what particular species of "odonates" was caught. Some lucky children even had dragonflies land on their hands and heads."

By Andrea Pickerell of North Fork Patch

 

2011 North East Regional Dragonfly Society of the Americas Annual Convention: Part I

The 2011 Northeast Regional Meeting of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas was held on the Delmarva Peninsula July 14 to Sunday, July 17. The base of operations will be in Dover, Delaware at Delaware State University.

The Delmarva Peninsula includes the state of Delaware, the Eastern Shore (of the Chesapeake Bay) of Maryland, and two counties of Virginia. Except for the northernmost parts of Delaware and Maryland, this is on the Coastal Plain with elevations less than 100 feet above sea level. While the Delmarva Peninsula is largely agricultural, there are numerous state parks and other natural areas that support interesting Odonata populations and distinctive habitats. 

 

Idlywild Wildlife Management Area

 

 

Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)

Southern Sprite (Nehalennia integricollis)

Southern Sprite (Nehalennia integricollis)

Jason Bried, Pam Hunt & Walter Chadwick

Jason Bried, Pam Hunt & Walter Chadwick

Yellow-sided Skimmer (Libellula flavida)

Swamp Darner (Epiaeschna heros)

Swamp Darner (Epiaeschna heros)

Blue-tipped Dancer (Argia tibialis) female

Blue-tipped Dancer (Argia tibialis)

Blue-tipped Dancer (Argia tibialis)

Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)