Update - July 24
Eastern Forktail is the first species that is County-Complete for 2023. Here are the numbers after this weekend.
| Fragile Forktail | Eastern Pondhawk | Common Whitetail | Blue Dasher | Widow Skimmer | Eastern Amberwing | Prince Baskettail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyandot | Fayette | Putnam | Seneca | Fayette | Ashland | |
| Seneca | Wyandot | Athens | ||||
| Columbiana | ||||||
| Fayette | ||||||
| Henry | ||||||
| Hocking | ||||||
| Holmes | ||||||
| Marion | ||||||
| Ottawa | ||||||
| Richland | ||||||
| Sandusky | ||||||
| Seneca | ||||||
| Vinton | ||||||
| Wyandot |
Counties listed are those that are still needed for the species.
Now that Eastern Forktail is complete there is an added column for Prince Baskettail, which is the next highest - as we complete other species we'll add in others - maybe Violet Dancer, Stream Bluet, or Autumn Meadowhawk.
I had a question about what's the point? Our survey project is dependent on voluntary submissions of Odonata photos. We don't have a schedule or master plan beyond accepting photos and verifying IDs where we can. We have a number of areas of the state where observations are low. So if we have current year records of our most common species, we can assume a minimum level of reporting - if we're not able to report the minimum, then we're potentially missing less common species. My reporting will hopefully encourage folks to take a look.
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