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Metal etched sign, titled "Birds at Work". Text in the middle reads "Year-round vegetation and adequate food and water sources in the Sonoran Desert attract many resident and migrating birds, who then act as highly efficient protectors and propagators of the plants in which they live. By eating insects which would otherwise destroy shrubbery and dining off the desert's fruits and flowers, they scatter seed and fertilize the soil. Look for the curve-billed thrasher and cactus wren nesting in cholla. Gila woodpeckers and gilded flickers dart continuously in and out of their saguaro nests. The migratory white-winged dove can be seen in spring and summer immersed neck-deep in saguaro fruit. You might see a family of Gambel's quail scurrying single file, looking for dropped seeds, or a roadrunner stalking insects, lizards and even rattlesnakes."

Wayside sign one along the Desert discovery trail, discussing the birds in the desert.

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Saguaro National Park, Code: SAGU

Desert Discovery Nature Trail, Saguaro National Park, Pima County, Arizona
Latitude: 32.2611520838942, Longitude: -111.211735870979

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05/09/2024

05/09/2024

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