October 11, 2026 — Calumet County
Menasha Conservancy. Warm, sunny, and very windy. On the right hand trail from the parking lot, right at the bend near the smallest pond. Scanning the tree lines and tall grasses. Out to meadow and back.
Menasha Conservancy. Warm, sunny, and very windy. On the right hand trail from the parking lot, right at the bend near the smallest pond. Scanning the tree lines and tall grasses. Out to meadow and back.
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Photographed
Seen a couple individual males and one pair in wheel on the edge of meadow.
Photographed
Seen a couple individual males and one pair in wheel on the edge of meadow.
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Photographed
Around a dozen total. Flushing and flying, got one bad pic of a perched female.
Photographed
Around a dozen total. Flushing and flying, got one bad pic of a perched female.
Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
Photographed
3 males flying in open grassy area and one female landed in a nice spot for a photo.
Photographed
3 males flying in open grassy area and one female landed in a nice spot for a photo.
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Observed
Still quite abundant throughout with many in tandem.
Observed
Still quite abundant throughout with many in tandem.
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Photographed
1 individual was flying very low on edge if meadow and landed just a few feet in front of me for a nice photo op.
Photographed
1 individual was flying very low on edge if meadow and landed just a few feet in front of me for a nice photo op.