[MDOsprey] Re: mdosprey Dragonflies, was No Arctic Tern
FROG (FROG@usgs.gov)
Fri, 21 May 1999 16:12:01 -0600
The best field guide combo for the east, as of several years ago is :
Dunkle, S.W. 1989. Dragonflies of the Florida Peninsula Bermuda and
the Bahamas. Scientific Publishers. Gainesville - Washington
Carpenter, V. 1991. Dragonflies and damselflies of Cape Cod. Cape
Cod Museum of Natural History Brewster MA
The rest are all technical guides.
Might also check out:
Richard Orr's web site ...Odonata of Maryland and Washington D.C., I don't have
the current url however
also check out Digital Dragonflies:
http://www.dragonflies.org/
sam
Sam Droege FROG@USGS.GOV
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USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
12100 Beech Forest, Laurel, Md 20708-4038
Http://www.mp1-pwrc.usgs.gov
The living cobalt of an afternoon
Dragonfly drew my eye to it first
- Seamus Heaney
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Subject: mdosprey Dragonflies, was No Arctic Tern
Author: mdosprey@ARI.Net at NBS-Internet-Gateway
Date: 5/20/99 3:16 PM
About dragonflies, Dave wrote: >>>The dragaons have been a lot of fun,
and frustrating at the same time. Much more mysterious than birds.>>>
I remember several years ago Jeffrey Glassberg saying at a presentation
that a "Dragonflies through Binoculars" type field guide was in the works.
I've been waiting to take on dragonflies until a good guide comes out.
Am I waiting either in vain (no such guide expected) or in ignorance (there's
already a good guide out there)??? Please, if anyone knows of a guide,
let me know! Dragonflies can't be too much worse than duskywings...
Tom Stock
Silver Spring