2011 Annual Dragonfly Society of the Americas Annual Convention

The 2011 DSA Annual Convention was held in Fort Collins, Colorado. The group went on field trips to Chambers Lake area, Red Feather Lakes area, Pond north of Lost Lake, Parvin Lake, Mount Margaret trail-head and other areas around Fort Collins.

The Annual meeting of the DSA was held on Saturday, July 9th, at the Colorado State University where such topics as Dragonfly Nature Touring in Costa Rica, Where have all the damselflies gone?, Mapping Suitable River Reaches for Sensitive Odonates, The Migratory Dragonfly Partnership, Odonata Fauna of the James River - Virginia, The West Virginia Dragonfly Atlas and A new Cordulegaster for North America were presented. 

Greg Lasley photographing a Broad-Tailed Hummingbird

Broad-tailed Hummingbird  (Photo by Dennis Paulson)

Dennis Paulson & Dave Leatherman

Rainbow Bluet (Enallagma antennatum) photo by Dennis Paulson

Dennis Paulson examining a damselfly

Northern Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum)

Taiga Bluet (Coenagrion resolutum) male: Nick Donnelly found in a trip in 2007 that about half of the Colorado  specimens had an interrupted stripe.

Taiga Bluet (Coenagrion resolutum) female

Taiga Bluet (Coenagrion resolutum) female

Taiga Bluet (Coenagrion resolutum) female

Northern Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum) copulating pair (wheel position)

Northern Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum) tandem pair

Dennis Paulson & Dave Leatherman

Dennis Paulson & Chris Hill

Chris Hill

Chris Hill

Boreal Bluet (Enallagma boreale) blue form female

Dragonfly Society of the Americas 2011 Annual Meeting in Fort Collins, Colorado

Register for the upcoming Annual Convention of 

The Dragonfly Society of the Americas

Fort Collins, Colorado 

Friday, July 8 - Monday, July 11

http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/bspm/DragonflyMeetingHome.html

Friday, July 8, 2011

Chambers Lake area

Leave at 7:30 am, drive to Lost Lake Trailhead-about 2 hours from campus.
 

100-200 yards hike to Lost Lake collecting area-Somatochlora hudsonica, S. semicirculare, Aeshna eremita, Coenagrion resolutum, Enallagma boreale.
 

1/4 mile hike to Laramie Lake add Aeshna juncea;continue on trail bogs and woods-add Leucorrhinia hudsonica, L. boreale, Lestes dryas, Libellula quadrimaculata.
 

West Twin Lake-about 1 1/2-2 miles total hike- add Cordulia shurtleffi.
Other possibles on this trip Somatochlora cingulata, S. albicincta, Leucorrhinia glacialis and what species wanders up from lower elevations.

Saturday, July 9.

ANNUAL MEETING BEGINS

At Colorado State University
Complementary coffee, other beverages, bagels, fresh fruit, etc.

8:30 am - 9:30 am  Overview of Colorado Odonata by D. Leatherman & the Prathers

9:30 am – 11:00 am  DSA business meeting, group photo

11:30-1:00 pm, Complementary lunch

1-5 pm presentations

Discussion of Monday Field Trip

Sunday, Monday, July 10-11

Red Feather Lakes area
Leave at 8 am, drive to Grassy temporary Pond north of Lost Lake (a different Lost Lake) at least 1 hour from campus.
 

Leucorrhinia proxima, Sympetrum madidum, S. internum, S. pallipes, S. danae?, S. costiferum?, Lestes dryas, L. disjunctus, L. unguiculatus, Aeshna interrrupta, Libellula quadrimaculata.
 

Parvin Lake or Mount Margaret trailhead-30-45 minute trip from Lost Lake.
Somatochlora minor , Ophiogomphus severus.

Lodging

Primary Lodging

We have reserved 25 rooms at two Best Western hotels, one is directly across from the Colorado State University campus, the other two miles from campus, near the Mulberry Street exit off of I-25. Interested individuals need to call either motel and indicate that they will be attending the "Dragonfly Society of the Americas Annual Meeting" 8-11 July 2011. I would strongly suggest making the reservations as soon as possible. There are other conferences on campus.