Video Blue Dasher (Eibs Pond, June)
Blue Dasher (Eibs Pond, June)
College of Staten Island field course with Dr. Albert Burchsted at Eibs Pond, one of the last freshwater wetlands in New York City. The Blue Dasher dragonfly is seen in most still waters, except bogs. The males hover and dart and only briefly perch on vegetation; females oviposit alone, sometimes over open water, and are rarely seen otherwise since they rest in trees away from the shoreline.
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Signed art prints donated by three extraordinary artists are available for purchase in our art prints store, to support the programs we are engaged in. The prints include, among others, "Last Turn Your Turn" created by Robert Rauschenberg for the Earth Summit, Christo sketches of "The Gates,” a public art event by Christo and his wife Jeanne Claude that drew millions to Central Park, and "Manifest Destiny," by Alexis Rockman, showing New York City underwater in the future as a result of climate change.