The Woodpecker

The Desert Museum included an aviary with wonderful opportunities for seeing birds up close. Some we knew about - cardinals and falcons.

But who knew that a type of woodpecker (the gilded woodpecker) drilled holes in the Saguaros and built nests in the cacti?

And we never would have guessed that there is a large variety of hummingbirds in the desert. It was fun to have them whirring past our ears.