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Roger Troutman <[log in to unmask]>
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Roger Troutman <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:32:07 -0400
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Just a point on the mystery critters.  I'm by no means a dragonfly
authority but do darners actually migrate at night?  I  was under the
impression they were diurnal or maybe crepuscular but not nocturnal.
The time on the radar site indicates that it was well after dark.

Roger Troutman
Lexington, Ohio




On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:09 PM, Robert Hinkle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I didn't think of Darners, Ethan.. that would be even MORE cool !   Can
> they fly fast enough to keep ahead of the approaching storm, or perhaps
> they were pushed by winds ahead of the storm, if they're Darners?
>
> Bob Hinkle
> Solon, OH
>
>
> On Sep 11, 2013, at 10:00 PM, Ethan Kistler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I don't think I would call that narrow line a wave of
> > Bob and others,
> >
> > I don't think I would call that narrow line a wave of birds. One
> possible explanation could be insects, perhaps Common Green Darners. Today
> I have noted reports all over Facebook and email mentioning 'flocks' of
> hundreds of Common Green Darners appearing all over Ohio. A quick Google
> search yielded this article (
> http://www.loudounwildlife.org/HHMigrationDragonflies.htm), which
> explains their migration. It states "Sometimes the migration takes place in
> huge mass flights of hundreds of
> > thousands or millions of dragonflies that congregate along seacoasts or
> > lakeshores and then fly enmasse..."
> >
> > Ethan Kistler
> > Newton Falls, Ohio
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Robert Hinkle <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 9:46 PM
> > Subject: [Ohio-birds] Migration Wave Coming Across Lake Erie?
> >
> >
> >         Take a look at this radar image at 9:44 pm Wednesday 9/11 --
> looks like a long narrow wave of birds left Ontario just ahead of the storm
> that's moving through and are just now arriving on our North Shore.  If
> these are indeed migrating birds, this is a really great radar picture.
> I've never seen anything like it.
> >
> > Comments??
> >
> >
> > http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?product=N0R&rid=CLE&loop=yes
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers…Bob Hinkle, Solon OH
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