End of July

Blue Dasher has now been reported for all 88 Ohio Counties in 2023, joining Eastern Forktail as County-Complete. Five other species are very close, seems pretty do-able - these are the needed observations:

Fragile Forktail	Common Whitetail	Eastern Amberwing	Eastern Pondhawk	Widow Skimmer
Wyandot	Putnam	Fayette	Fayette	Wyandot

The next five candidates might be:

Prince Baskettail	Violet Dancer	Orange Bluet	Blue-fronted Dancer	Stream Bluet
Ashland	Fayette	Allen	Allen	Ashland
Athens	Hardin	Carroll	Carroll	Auglaize
Columbiana	Hocking	Fayette	Gallia	Carroll
Fayette	Huron	Hancock	Geauga	Guernsey
Hocking	Knox	Henry	Guernsey	Harrison
Holmes	Logan	Hocking	Hardin	Hocking
Marion	Madison	Holmes	Harrison	Huron
Ottawa	Mercer	Mahoning	Huron	Jefferson
Richland	Ottawa	Mercer	Jackson	Marion
Sandusky	Ross	Paulding	Jefferson	Mercer
Vinton	Warren	Putnam	Morrow	Morgan
Wyandot	Williams	Ross	Ottawa	Scioto
	Wyandot	Sandusky	Richland	Tuscarawas
		Van Wert	Trumbull	Union
		Williams	Union	Vinton
			Wyandot	Wood
				Wyandot

These five have all been recorded in every county, just not in the same year. Familiar Bluet and Autumn Meadowhawk numbers are rising quickly, and that should continue in Aug and Sep.

We are over 24,000 RG observations on the year, at this point just a little behind 2022 in observations. We now have 14 days with 500+ observations.

Franklin Co is leader by a lot, will be hard for Ashtabula or Lucas to catch.

Eastern Forktail continues as the most reported species, with a lead over Eastern Pondhawk. That lead is likely to dissipate. Blue Dasher will be the clear leader for July.

Posted on July 30, 2023 12:56 PM by

jimlem

End of July

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