dshosie11's Journal

Today I am observing the "Blue-eyed Darner". I do not know much about this species but it definitely stands out. This species is thin, the upper body and head are a few inches wider than the lower half. I notice that the head is blue and further down on the body it is only spotted with blue. I notice the species wings are long, there seems to be two set of wings on each side of it. I notice that at the end of the long thin tail it ends with what seems to be 2 thorns, in the middle there is one short thorn and beside the middle 1 there are 2 longer thorns. I notice there are white spots along the middle of the species. I wonder what this species is, it looks like a huge mosquito but more colorful. I wonder if this species migrated from somewhere else other than Tucson. I notice there are 2 small antennas on its head. I wonder why its blue and how its going to survive in the desert. This blue-eyed Darner was observed on Apr 2, 2021 · 2:38 PM at Flowing Wells, Tucson, AZ, USA. I searched more on this species and it turns out this is a dragonfly from Aeshnidea family. This dragonfly reminds me of a butterfly because its colors. I used https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-eyed_darner to find out what kind of species it is. I used Inaturalist to find the blue-eyed Darner.

The species I am observing is a bird. It looks very small. I notice that the top head of the bird is very round and the feathers are black or dark brown. I notice that the beak is long and straight, at the end of the beak it curves slightly and it is black. Just above the eye and beside the beak there is a straight white line going from the front of the head to the back. I notice that the general color of the feathers are black, white, brown, and a light orange. The top feathers of the bird are and brown spotted with white spots, just below the top feathers the color starts fading into white and white becomes the main color while there are still black spots. On the belly of the bird the feathers are orange and spotted with black spots. At the bottom of the birds' head there are black feathers. I wonder how small these birds usually are? I wonder if this bird naturally migrates elsewhere. I wonder if this bird is an adult bird or a younger bird. This bird was observed on Mar 30, 2021 at 8:33 AM at Pima County. These birds are usually between 19 and 18 cm in the United States. I found the information about the size on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus_wren

The species I am observing is a toad. I notice that this toad is not smooth at all and doesn't have the usual desert colors. I notice that this toad has bumps on it's back and those bumps are reddish brown, there are also black bumps on the toads face. I notice the eyes of the toad are big round black eyes with a hint of brown and green. This toad reminds my of a rock because of the way the toad sits. I notice the toad is a very light fading green. I wonder if this toad is poisonous? I wonder how this toad is surviving out here during the dry seasons. I wonder who named this toad a red-spotted toad. This toad as observed on Apr 20, 2021 · 11:41 PM at Coronado National Forest. I looked into it and apparently these toads can be poisonous, I found this information on https://fireflyforest.net.