Dragonflies of the Willamette Valley

Dragonflies of the Willamette Valley

Wednesday June 24th, 7-9pm in Heron Hall. 

Field Trip #1:  Saturday, June 27^th  10am – 3pm

Field Trip #2:  Sunday, June 28^th  10am – 3pm

Ever wonder how many species of dragonflies frequent your local wetland, or how they spend their days?  Join Jim Johnson for an evening class on the Odonata, otherwise known as the dragonflies and damselflies, to learn about various aspects of dragonfly life, and especially field identification of the more common local species.  The class will be followed by a field trip to a local site on Saturday.  The field trip will repeat on Sunday in order to accommodate all you odonata-philes.  Class topics will include:  What are dragonflies and damselflies and what makes them different from other insects, life-history from egg to adult, habitat preferences, diet and identification.

Participants sign-up for the class and one field trip OR just the class session.  Instructor Jim Johnson has taught dragonfly classes at Portland Audubon, The Wetlands Conservancy and the Tualatin River NWR.  He serves on the executive council of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas and is working on a field guide/manual to the Odonates of the Northwest.

Fee:  Class only = $10 members / $15 non-members 

Fee:  Class with one field trip = $35 members / $45 non-members

      Field trip size limited to 12 participants

      Pre-registration is required