All nature interests me and I am passionate about Dragonflies.
In 1996, we built a pond, and they came.
That has led me in wonderful directions.
I'm a teacher, so once I started learning about Odonata, I started wanting to share it.
I have a California Dragonflies website (http://bigsnest.powweb.com/southwestdragonflies/caphotos/), a Southwestern Dragonflies website (http://bigsnest.powweb.com/southwestdragonflies/) and now a Jalisco, MX website (https://bigsnest.powweb.com/southwestdragonflies/JaliscoOdes/JaliscoLINKS.html).

I'm the author of several, some now out of print, Dragonfly guides: the Common Dragonflies of California Beginner's Pocket guide series, A Southwest Beginner's Pocket Dragonfly Guide, and the 2015 Dragonflies of the Greater Southwest - Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah Guide. An educational Dragonfly Coloring Book and a free down-loadable PDF of Jalisco's Odonates are still available. My most recent guide, Dragonflies (Anisoptera) of California which updates and expands the older Pocket Guide series and co-authored by Sandra von Arb, became available in July of 2024. Amazon has a standard version of this guide and my website has the spiral-bound version. See it at http://bigsnest.powweb.com/southwestdragonflies/caphotos/CA_Anisoptera.html

Another recent project has been to make a site for our McCloud home where its critters are counted. See https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversisty-of-the-biggs-s-mccloud-home-property. I've found it quite helpful.