This perch was actually made for the bright blue Kawasemi bird. Award-seeking photographers scramble to get shots of it, but I think this butterfly dragonfly's rich, iridescent blue is just as pretty. The insect is smaller than the bird so harder to photograph. But I am sure if they once got a nice picture, they would wonder why they never tried.
Again, it seems this dragonfly was beckoning me to sketch it, because this species usually flies all over the pond, but kept coming back to the branch and stopping there today.
Please do not use my sketch as any indication of how pretty it really is--see one for yourself, if you can!
