Tag: birds
Peach-Faced Love Birds Live in the Valley?
Q: I was walking the Red Mountain Ranch area in east Mesa recently when I saw five or six parrot looking birds with bright green bodies and red heads. What were they? A: My first instinct was to assume you are delusional, which is not necessarily a bad thing...Why Don’t Cactus Wrens Impale Themselves?
Q: How is it that cactus wrens don’t impale themselves when they land on or nest in a saguaro or a cholla? Do they possess some kind of tiny body armor to protect against getting poked? A: Randy Bapp, a biologist at the state Game and Fish Department, said every now and then, the cactus wrens ...
Why Does Downtown Phoenix Seem to Have Two Downtowns?
The Tucson Artifacts are the Southwest’s Greatest Hoax