| It is not much of a creek at all — just a spring-fed rivulet through
oak savanna along the trail to Wagon Caves in The Indians section of Los
Padres National Forest. I was looking at bluets and dancers, and searching
for my elusive Monterey County Walker's Darner on 9 Sep 2006, when a big
black-and-yellow dragon zipped past me at this spot. I snapped this shot
(right) to show the habitat. A few moments later in came downstream and
suddenly landed in the brown weeds you can see. I took some photos (below)
and later found it, or another, a few hundred yards upstream as well. Hard
to say whether this was one or two spiketails, as both were males. |
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