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Wildlife Reports => Toronto Wildlife => Topic started by: gary yankech on May 29, 2012, 09:17:48 PM

Title: Odonates and a cool butterfly
Post by: gary yankech on May 29, 2012, 09:17:48 PM

I was doing a dragonfly survey for Rouge Park last Sunday, May 27th. We observed and counted 17 species:

Northern/Vernal bluet (lots!! most of the ones we caught we ided with ours lens)
Taiga bluet (M/F) my favorite bluet!
Marsh bluet
Boreal bluet
Eastern forktail (lots too!)
Fragile forktail
Sedge sprite
Amber-winged spreadwing (freshly emerged)
Common green darner
Dot-tailed whiteface
Common whitetail (M/F)
Beaverpond baskettail
Eastern pondhawk  only females seen
Eastern amberwing
Widow skimmer ( all freshly emerged)
Twelve-spotted skimmer
Four-spotted skimmer

I also came across and startled a deer. It was a few feet away from me. I heard and saw several species of frogs: green ,tree frog, and leopard. And the highlight was the Arctic Skipper that I spotted in two different locations. All in all, a great day!

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7100/7283516710_5b8ecb46cb_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49663413@N08/7283516710/)
Arctic Skipper (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49663413@N08/7283516710/) by Gary Yankech (http://www.flickr.com/people/49663413@N08/), on Flickr

Gary Yankech

Title: Re: Odonates and a cool butterfly
Post by: Bluffs Birder on May 29, 2012, 10:16:10 PM

Excellent list of odes and beautiful shot of the Arctic Skipper Gary!

Walter

Title: Re: Odonates and a cool butterfly
Post by: gary yankech on May 29, 2012, 10:42:05 PM

THanks Walter!

Gary Yankech

Quote from: "Bluffs Birder"

Excellent list of odes and beautiful shot of the Arctic Skipper Gary!

Walter