Leader: Scott Severs
Date: 9 a.m-noon, Saturday August 14, 2027
Fees: $75.00 per person
Limited to 10 guests
Location: Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat and Sawhill Ponds.
Registration: Please see How to Register for an Interludes Trip to register.

Calico Pennant, photo by Scott Severs.

Join accomplished field biologist Scott Severs for a look into the amazing world of the magical insects of Odonata. This fun morning introduces beginners to the Odonates—better known as dragonflies and damselflies, and often considered the insect equivalents of birds in flight.  We will search for flashy, often iridescent and brightly colored, bugs like Halloween Pennants, Wandering Gliders, and American Rubyspots, to name but a few of the nearly 60 species in Boulder County. 

We will learn about their early lives as fierce aquatic predators and how to best approach these jumpy fliers for photography and observation.

Local wildlife biologist and naturalist Scott Severs was taught his love of insects and nature from his grandmother and mom. He especially loves macro and bird photography. He has created a little patch of nature for insects and spiders to hide in the garden at his home in Longmont.

This trip is part of the Interludes with Nature field trip series. These trips are led by the area’s most knowledgeable birders and naturalists who take participants to places they wouldn’t often get to see. Monies raised by this important fundraising tool send our Teen Naturalists to birding camps.

Cancellation Policy

All cancellations incur a $20.00 fee. If you cancel within 3 weeks of the event, your payment, less the fee, will only be refunded if the spot can be filled. Please consider it a donation for the fine work that Boulder County Audubon does and how much work it is to arrange these trips and keep track of the attendees.