[tn-dragonflies] Re: some numbers
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:21:57 -0700 (PDT)
That would get us to some of the backwaters but much of what I'd like to
explore isn't connected to the lake. There are some roads here and there but
most would have to be done on foot wearing thick, tall boots. There are more
snakes there than anywhere else I've visited so far in TN!
Load up Google Earth and take a close look at the area. There is water
everywhere! Canals, small ponds, ditches....it's all there. I bet the
mosquitoes have a great time there when it's warm.
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://tinyurl.com/FinishFlagFarmsMoths
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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From: "Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx" <Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx>
To: tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 3:07 PM
Subject: [tn-dragonflies] Re: some numbers
Sounds like a canoe expedition in the
making...possibly?
RHC
In a message dated 3/11/2013 3:05:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx writes:
I see the county line runs through the lake and much of the shallow swampy
areas at the north end are in Obion but there are plenty of backwaters, ponds
and canals on the west side in Lake Co. I think the problem may be getting
access to them.
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>Ken Childs
>Henderson, TN
>Chester
County
>
>http://tinyurl.com/FinishFlagFarmsMoths
>http://www.finishflagfarms.com
>
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>
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> From: "Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx" <Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx>
>To: tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:54 PM
>Subject: [tn-dragonflies] Re: some numbers
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>Yes, I agree! I spent a few hours there on two occasions, and found fewer
>species than expected - lots of common pond species around the big pond of
>Reelfoot - but they should be there. I found a little more variety of habitat
>and species on the Obion side of Reelfoot, on my visits.
>
>RHC
>
>In a message dated 3/11/2013 2:47:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>It's hard to believe that Lake Co has only 14 records. That area must be rich
>in odes but not in ode-ers.
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>>Ken Childs
>>Henderson, TN
>>Chester
County
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/FinishFlagFarmsMoths
>>http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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>> From: "Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx" <Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx>
>>To: tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:37 PM
>>Subject: [tn-dragonflies] some numbers
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>>Checking the Odonata Central database back in January I looked at the
>>numbers, and it looks like we have been busy documenting dragonflies and
>>damselflies TN counties over the past year.
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>>For the 95 TN counties the average as of January is at aprox. 34.5 species
>>per county, up from aprox 30 spp per county last time I checked. Now there’s
>>only “21 under 21”, 21 counties with less than 21 species, but there are
>>still 6 “basement” counties with 10 or less.
>>
>>This is not up to the butterfly records, but I think we Ode-watchers are
>>fewer and have not been at it as long as the Butterfliers. We should be able
>>to reach a county average for Odes of 50+, as is currently the case for
>>Leps, but it will take a while. The curve flattens out once the threshold
>>number of species, probably about 30 for odes as well as for butterflies,
>>and it takes more time per species to add to the list.
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>>Some counties are harder to access, smaller and/or farther from population
>>centers, thus being the least surveyed. NWTN, for example, is as
>>under-surveyed for odes as it is for leps. But the "low hanging fruit"
>>should be there for anyone with the time to target it.
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>>Our top county continues to be Blount at 86, and with just 14 more needed,
>>it is within striking distance of 100 spp. It would be nice to see one TN
>>county reach the century mark soon. Other counties with less than 30 needed
>>to reach 100 would be Sullivan, Cumberlandand Davidson.
>>
>>A checklist for the 156 species of TN odes is still available at the TN
>>State Parks website, as well as checklists for 30+ State Parks/counties that
>>Dr David Hill and I put together :
>>http://www.tn.gov/environment/parks/atbi/checklists/
>> If interested, see 2 lists attached in Word arranged from least to most
>>documented, & by counties in alphabetical order.This list is also posted at
>>my Pbase website: http://www.pbase.com/rconnorsnaturephoto/image/121501748
>>(here we reach the limit of my tech abilities & computer skills…)
>>
>> Odonata Central continues to be the best resource and clearing house for
>>odonate records and I encourage you to continue documenting and submitting
>>records.
>>
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>>Enjoy the 2013 season!
>>
>>Richard Connors
>>Nashville
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