貼個昨天見到的小鳥。
查岀來了，它是 Cactus Wren，讀了一下它的習性，一種很有魅力很有氣質的家夥，有興趣可詳鏈接
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cactus_Wren/photo-gallery/304481991
側麵
即使手機拍照，也盡量將前後左右的特征都呈現出來，方便對號入座。
求偶中的媚態，昨天這對鳥兒在我們旅館院庭中肆意嬉戲玩耍，打鬧追逐，拍照的好機會。
103號房是我們此行住的房間號碼，記錄一下。
貼個網圖，人家專業相機的技術，看看它多漂亮。
鳥網資料，抄一下：
- Most birds only build nests during the breeding season and use them just for rearing their young, but male and female Cactus Wrens build multiple nests and use them as roosting sites even during the nonbreeding season.
- Juvenile Cactus Wrens start building nests early in life. They imitate their parents by picking up nesting material as soon as 12 days after leaving the nest, but they don’t actually build their own nest until they’ve been out of the nest for about 63 days.
- Adults often feed their nestlings grasshoppers, being careful to pluck off the wings before stuffing the insect into the chicks' mouths. The parents need to pluck a lot of grasshopper wings; one nestling needs to eat at least 14 grasshoppers a day to meet its nutritional requirements.
- The Cactus Wren destroys the nests of other bird species, pecking or removing their eggs, and can lower the breeding density of Verdins (another desert bird).
- Cold desert nights may have more of an impact on the success of Cactus Wren breeding than extremely hot daytime temperature.
- Cactus Wrens rarely drink water. Instead they get all their liquids from juicy insects and fruit.
- The Cactus Wren is the state bird of Arizona.
- The Cactus Wren is an active mobber of nest predators. A pair was observed attacking a Yuma antelope squirrel so vigorously that the squirrel became impaled on the thorns of a cactus. The wrens continued to peck the squirrel until it was knocked to the ground where it escaped.
- Before heading back to the nest for the night, many Cactus Wrens take a dust bath. Several species also take dust baths to help reduce feather parasites and keep feathers looking good.
- The oldest recorded Cactus Wren was a male, and at least 8 years, 1 month old when it was identified in 2013 in California by a leg band. It was banded in the same state in 2006.
