I posted this picture about a week ago under the mistaken identification of Double-striped Bluet. My friend David Arbour recognized it instead as a Big Bluet. What is significant about that is there has never been a reported sighting of a Big Bluet in Arkansas. Thanks to David who sent the picture to several experts and submitted it to OdonataCentral, this picture has been accepted as the first state record for a Big Bluet damselfly in Arkansas.
Roseate Spoonbill seen today in water along side the road in Desha County Arkansas with Sam Dixon, Dottie Boyles, Doris Boyles, Cindy Franklin, Bill Burnham, Karen Holliday, and Justin Brand> Other cool birds seen – Glossy Ibis, White-faced Ibis, White Ibis, Wood Stork, Wilson’s Warbler.
Uta & Dan from Audubon Arkansas hosted a Butterfly Walk at the Central Arkansas Water Sod Farm (formerly Winrock Sod Farm) today. The conditions were cool and cloudy, very much not July weather, which kept the bug activity but we saw a few. Here are some.
