My First Tezpi Dancer

September 16th, 2019:

After starting my day off birding in Gila County, I decided to chase a Tezpi Dancer that was found by the great Pierre Deviche.  The Tezpi was found in Maricopa County at the Lower Salt River along the Pebble Beach Recreation Site.  An overflow of water on the north side of the Salt River made for an epic scenario for a variety of odes, including the Tezpi Dancer.  I found the spot that Pierre was referring to where the Tezpi was found, and as I got to the spot, I got lucky to find Pierre on site.  He told me I was in the right spot, and after some searching, I managed to find the Tezpi.  Pierre was in shouting range and he came over to enjoy the Mexican damselfly with me.  There were a lot of odes present along the stretch of the Salt River, but my lifer Tezpi was the best.  Oding has become an awesome side jaunt for my birding explorations, and I've taken some awesome trips strictly to look for odes over the past three years.  The Tezpi Dancer was my 99th ode in Arizona, what will my century Arizona ode be?

Tezpi Dancer

Here are some other odes that I enjoyed during the day at Lower Salt River, Maricopa County and Rye Creek, Gila County

Red Rock Skimmer, Rye Creek

Pale-faced Club-Skimmer, Rye Creek

Sooty Dancer, Rye Creek

Canyon Rubyspot, Rye Creek

Serpent Ringtail, Rye Creek

Kiowa Dancer, Salt River 

Kiowa Dancer, Salt River

Filagree Skimmer, Salt River 

Filagree Skimmer, Salt River

Fun times of ode searching!