What can save the desert's most tenacious birds? Tiny underground apartments.
In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting ...
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Desert birds are the first to feel the effects of a warming planet. They need our help
When I arrived at the desert field station and stepped ... a slender jet-black bird, perched on a twisted tree. I could see its red eyes through my binoculars as it looked at me, flicking its ...
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Curve-Billed Thrasher
The curve-billed thrasher—the common thrasher of the rich, cactus-laden Sonoran Desert—can be very conspicuous ... particularly in eastern birds. Tail has pale tips, the extent of which ...
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COLLAPSE of a desert bird community over the past century driven by climate change
Global Change Biology 24(12): 5882–5894. McCreedy, C., and C. van Riper. 2014. Drought-caused delay in nesting of Sonoran Desert birds and its facilitation of parasiteand predator-mediated variation ...