At the SI Museum's Nature Section meeting on September 25, Seth Wollney made the announcement that the Section will be undertaking a five year study of dragonflies on Staten Island beginning in April 2009. The citizen science project will be called the Staten Island Dragonfly Atlas (SIDA) and will try to better understand the general distribution and abundance of dragonflies on the Island. A migration study will be a component of the study. Four lectures and four field work sessions will be offered and a portal for the collection and analysis of data is being developed.
William T. Davis, a founder of the SI Museum, published a list of Odonata, suborder Anisoptera, in 1898 and 1913. We are fortunate that a one hundred year comparison can be done.
Paul Lederer, SI Museum Researcher who has been observing and collecting dragonflies for the last 12 years, gave a lecture and slide show on the clear wing dragonflies of Staten Island. He talked about how to ID and about the habits of the dragonflies.
To prepare for the 2009 study, there will be an identification workshop for Sympetrums (meadowhawks) at Long Pond on Sunday, 9/28, at 10 AM.
Catherine Barron
Recording Secretary
Nature Section
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