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 ...
Desert birds live on the edge ... It’s been nearly 25 years since I finished my study of phainopeplas in the Sonoran Desert of California and moved east. I work at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology ...
They’re as fierce as they are small: These 2.5-ounce raptors prey on birds twice their size and feed lizards to their chicks. Sadly they’re no match for urban development gobbling up their unique ...
Lorentzen also shares there are “over 350 species of birds that call the Sonoran Desert home, including hawks (red-tailed and Cooper’s), Gila woodpecker, cactus wren (the Arizona state bird ...
check out Sonoran Desert Birds, Drawing and Painting the Desert, and Flight School: Photographing Birds in Flight, Students can even earn a Nature Illustration Certification. The classes cover a ...
They’re as fierce as they are small: These 2.5-ounce raptors prey on birds twice their size and feed lizards to their chicks. Sadly they’re no match for urban development gobbling up their unique ...