贴个昨天见到的小鸟。
查岀来了，它是 Cactus Wren，读了一下它的习性，一种很有魅力很有气质的家伙，有兴趣可详链接
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cactus_Wren/photo-gallery/304481991
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即使手机拍照，也尽量将前后左右的特征都呈现出来，方便对号入座。
求偶中的媚态，昨天这对鸟儿在我们旅馆院庭中肆意嬉戏玩耍，打闹追逐，拍照的好机会。
103号房是我们此行住的房间号码，记录一下。
贴个网图，人家专业相机的技术，看看它多漂亮。
鸟网资料，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.
