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Cholla Birds

10,000 Birds

It is possible that the birds feel so secure in the protection of the vicious, malicious plant that they can afford to reduce their flight distance and allow a close approach. Black-throated Sparrows will tee themselves up atop a cactus to draw the unwary close enough to get skewered. Birding Arizona Cactus Wren Sonoran Desert'

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