Welcome the summer with this delightful workshop about dragonflies, the “messengers of summer and heralds of the sun” (as poet and zoologist H. Lons calls them). Join Kathy Biggs for a morning presentation in Heron Hall, lunch by the dragonfly-rich pond at the Laguna Environmental Center, followed by fun-filled time in the field. Kathy will share the biology, life cycle, and ecology of Odonata (the family to which dragonflies and damselflies belong). Identification marks for the most common species in Sonoma County will be introduced.

Learn about how the Laguna de Santa Rosa is part of the Pacific Flyway, used not only by birds but by “Odes” (dragonflies) too! The afternoon field trip will be an opportunity to practice identification skills and to make sense of the unusual and fascinating behaviors of dragonflies. Bring your own sack lunch. Coffee, tea and snacks will be provided. Further details emailed upon registration (Pre-registration required).

Kathy Biggs is a local birder and nationally prominent expert on dragonflies and backyard wetlands biology. She is the author of Common Dragonflies of California: A Beginner’s Pocket Guide, as well as other field guides and a dragonfly coloring book for children.