Inspector Gila was busy this morning, negotiating the barrel cactus in
front of my desk. The male woodpeckers sport what looks like a red
lipstick streak on their heads. Their voices, clearly heard, even when
competing with traffic noise, sound like squeak toys having a party.
Learn about our relationship and the amazing engineering of these birds at
https://news.azpm.org/…/122294-the-art-of-paying-attention…/
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| photo: Beth Surdut |
Some creatures negotiate the thorniness of life better than others.
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| photo: Beth Surdut | | |
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| Gila Woodpecker claims a cactus fruit. Pencil and pen on paper-- drawing by Beth Surdut |
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