It would just feel wrong if I went to a conference on citizen science where I’m presenting a poster on this very project and then didn’t get Swarm Sunday up on time!  Swarms were reported in the following locations this week:

USA:

Corte Madera, CA
Costa Mesa, CA
Downey, CA
Fallbrook, CA
Lake  Forest, CA
Sacramento, CA
Victorville, CA
Fountain Valley, CA
Broomfield, CO
Hockessin, DE
Washington, DC
Daytona Beach, FL (2 reports)
New Smyrna, FL
Stockbridge, FL
Roswell, GA
Stockton, GA
St. Croix, IN
Alvaton, KY
Cadiz, KY
Port Allen, LA

Auburn, ME (2 reports)
Farmington, ME
Madison, ME
Worcester, MA
Gulfport, MS
Lucedale, MS
Manchester, MA
Gilford, NH
Merrimack, NH
Nashua, NH
New Ipswitch, NH
South Hampton, NH
Westville, NJ
East Aurora, NY
Lindenhurst, NY
Paducah, NY
Walton, NY
Carrboro, NC
Cary, NC
Garner, NC
Harrisburg, PA
Sewanee, TN (2 reports)
Soddy-Daisy, TN (2 reports)
Bastrop, TX
Grand Prairie, TX
Plano, TX
Fredericksburg, VA
Richmond, VA
Milton, VT
Drummond, WI

Canada:

Calgary, AL

Nicaragua:

Los Penitas, Leon

New country this week!  And it’s in Central America.  That’s always exciting, and brings the total number of countries participating in The Dragonfly Swarm Project up to 16.  I’ve got a plan for translating part of my text and my report form into Spanish so I can reach out to the Spanish speaking people of Central and South American this fall too.  Hopefully I can start to get more participation from the people in the countries that are potentially the overwintering sites for the North American migrating species.  That would be very exciting!

Otherwise, there was a lot of activity in northern New England this week, with states like Maine, Delaware, Vermont, and New Hampshire making their first apppearance on the swarm list for the year.  There is also a little event happening in California.  Of course, I say “little,” but by western stndards it is positively huge!  I would imagine there is something strange going on with the weather there, but I’ll have to look into it after I get back from my conference.

And speaking of my conference, I need to get ready to go present my poster, so I have to cut this a little short this week.  I’ll likely post about the conference when I get back, but for now I can’t wait to hear some more of the great talks!  I believe the first Public Participation in Scientific Research conference has been a great success.  I really hope they decide to make this an annual event!

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