The bald eagle officially became the U.S. national bird after a Christmas Eve proclamation signed by President Joe Biden only weeks before he left office. But Arizona and all states in the union ...

The other morning, I had just scattered seed for the quail and other ground-feeding birds and filled their watering dish. Amongst the usual finches, quail, thrashers and chickadees, I noticed a bird ...

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It was a game of cat and mouse, and this cat was not about to win. I was chasing a cactus wren through a prickly patch of cholla with high hopes of getting a good photo. But the wren just kept darting ...

Lately I have been a “peeping Tom” in a nearby eco-reserve, monitoring the breeding behavior of coastal cactus wrens, a bird whose population is in steep decline throughout Southern California. The ...

Cactus wrens are nosy creatures. They will freely fly into an open garage or open car window just to see what morsel of food might be found there. They always seem to be in a hurry, as well as a ...

What a cactus wren lacks in good looks and pretty songs, it makes up for in home construction. The home is both a nest and a place to live throughout the year. That’s critical for a bird living in the ...

Sire: TOP HIT, dkb/br, 1998. Raced 5 yrs, 36 sts, 7 wins, $445,357. Won Oklahoma Derby (G3), Christmas Futurity, Palo Verde H; 2nd Affirmed H (G3); 3rd Lazaro Barrera Memorial S (G3), Coyote H, Pirate ...