Sandra and Kathy will discuss and present the dragonflies, their interesting biology, unique life cycles and especially their flight mechanics and migratory habits before introducing the common and not so common dragonflies found in California.  You will find them to be beautiful creatures!

Bios

Former RROS member Kathy Biggs has loved nature her whole life. In 1996, after building a pond in her yard, she was thrilled to see not only birds but also dragonflies arrive. Unable to find resources to identify the dragonflies, she wrote her first guide to California's Dragonflies, which sold over 15,000 copies. Kathy has also created websites for the dragonflies of California, the Southwest, and Jalisco, MX. She has just co-authored a new guide to California's Dragonflies with Sandra von Arb.

Sandra Hunt-von Arb has been a professional wildlife biologist focusing on sensitive, threatened, and endangered species in northern California, southern Oregon, and Northern Illinois for almost 30 years. She is a co-founder of Biodiversity Education and Research Foundation (BEAR Fdn) and continues to work as a field biologist.  She discovered her passion for dragonflies when she began surveying for the endangered Hine's Emerald Dragonfly in northern Illinois over 10 years ago. She brought that passion back to California with her and Kathy took her under her wing as a mentor which eventually led to co-authoring the California guide book.

Where: The Fellowship Room of the First United Methodist Church, 1551 Montgomery, Santa Rosa. The Fellowship Room is located at the west (left when facing the church) end of the church.

Consider meeting-up ahead of time at Mary's Pizza on Summerfield Road at 5:30 pm for a casual, informal get-together before heading over to the 7 pm meeting in the First United Methodist Church.