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Bird's nest in a cholla cactus.
Very shady, desert canyon thick with native desert foliage near running spring from recent rains. Birds I have often observed in this particular canyon include canyon wrens, cactus wrens, ladder-backed woodpeckers, curve-billed thrashers, black-throated sparrows and more. Many of those birds have been known to build nests I cactuses but my best guess would be that this nest is a cactus wren's nest. Of course I can't be sure. Was very neat to see nonetheless.
Spotted on May 14, 2015
Submitted on May 16, 2015
3 Comments
Yep I would say cactus wren as well
I believe that Cactus Wren is correct.
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And it's in the correct category; things made by organisms go in that organisms category.