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   The state bird of Arizona.

     

    Pairs build multiple covered, grassy nests usually in cholla cactus.  Male and female may sleep in separate nests. 

    

     Insectivorous and adaptable; seen extracting insects from car radiators.

 

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Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)

pictured on a Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantean /Cereus giganteus)


 
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