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Dowd's Morass Sunday March 1, 2009

Report produced by Duncan F.

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A few species noted at Dowd's Morass while checking out the birds for group outing.

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March 1, 2009 : Dowd's Morass

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1. Scenery

What's the area like there - any habitat photos?

- Reiner R. 12:01 PM on March 3, 2009
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2. Re. Dowd's

Sorry, don't have any habitat photos Reiner. The most productive area I noticed was a drain with clear shallow water and ribbon weed, roughly where the placemark is. Dowd's suffers from quite a bit of salinity at times, this probably has an effect on the ode population.

- Duncan F. 08:23 AM on March 9, 2009
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Observation Summary

Species	No.
Common Bluetail (Ischnura heterosticta)	1
Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)	1
Tau Emerald (Hemicordulia tau)	1
Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)	1
Blue-spotted Hawker (Aeshna brevistyla)	1
Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum)	1