Bruce Deuel

1) When did you start actively looking/pursuing Odes?
    June of 1999

2) What's your chief County(s) for searching?
    Shasta and Tehama

3) What's your favorite site in your County?
    Battle Creek Wildlife Area

4) Which Ode got you started?
    Common Whitetail

5) How many species have you seen in California?
    73

6) What are your goal(s) in looking for Odes?
     To see new species, document county records, add a new dimension to my outdoor experiences.

7) If you'd like to include a short bio on your odeing experience or a funny story.
    Tim Manolis and Bruce Webb got me interested when we were doing a Big Day, birding in Butte County, and they commented on a passing     Flame Skimmer.  It was the first time I'd ever heard a name put to a dragonfly, and it got me to start looking at them.