Messengers of Summer: Sonoma County's Dazzling Drangonflies

Join us as we welcome summer with a special day-long workshop with dragonfly-experts Kathy Biggs and Kevin Munroe. We’ll start with a morning presentation by Kathy Biggs in Heron Hall, lunch by the dragonfly-rich pond at the Laguna Environmental Center, followed by fun-filled time in the field. Kathy will share the biology, life cycle, and ecology of Odonata (the family to which dragonflies and damselflies belong) and learn how to identify the most common species in Sonoma County. All skill levels welcome. Bring your own sack lunch. Coffee, tea and snacks will be provided.

Kathy Biggs is a local birder and nationally prominent expert on dragonflies and backyard wetlands biology. She is the author of Common Dragonflies of California: A Beginner's Pocket Guide, as well as other field guides and a dragonfly coloring book for children. Her newest guide is Dragonflies of the Greater Southwest - Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. For more information about Kathy's books and work, visit her website. The Biggs' field guides and coloring books will be offered for sale at the workshop. Kevin Munroe, Executive Director of the Laguna Foundation since August 2015, is also a talented naturalist, educator, and dragonfly aficionado. He started the website, Dragonflies of Northern Virginia, and is enjoying learning all about west coast “Odes.”