Tags: Cactus Wren, cactus wren mating, Cactus Wren Pair on Cholla Cactus, Mojave Desert, proposal, Southern California

Here are my recent photographs from Arizona desert. Enjoy!

Cactus Wren

Lucy’s Warbler

Black-throated Sparrow

Gambel’s Quail

House Finch

Cardinal

Pyrrhuloxia

Curve-billed Thrasher

Ladder-back woodpecker

Gila Woodpecker

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Tags: Black-throated Sparrow, Cactus Wren, Curve-billed Thrasher, Gambel's Quail, Gambel's Quail chick, Gila Woodpecker, House Finch, Ladder-back woodpecker, Lucy's Warbler, Northen Cardinal, Pyrrhuloxia

I just got back from a day trip in extreeme southern california desert. I am happy to photograph some desert birds on blooming ocotillo plants, also nesting cactus wrens (the largest wren in North America). I took these images in a hearbeat though lighting was not in my favour.

Cactus Wren on Ocotillo plant, Palm Desert

Nesting Cactus Wren, Palm Desert

Nesting Burrowing Owl, Salton Sea

Burrowing Owl, Salton Sea

Burrowing Owl, Salton Sea

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Tags: Ash-throated Flycatcher, Breeding Burrowing Owl, Burrowing Owl, Cactus Wren, Cactus Wren on Ocotillo, Nesting Cactus Wrens, ocotillo plant, Palm Desert, Sonoran Desert