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Gila Woodpecker
The Gila Woodpecker is a desert bird native to the Sonoran desert, particularly due to its abundance of saguaro cacti. This bird is a greyish-tan colour with black and white barring down the wings, back, and tail, with males also having a red coloured patch on the middle of the […]
Continue readingKangaroos in Quartzsite?!
Okay, there are no Kangaroos in Quartzsite – but there are Kangaroo rats! If you walk through the Sonoran desert, which Quartzsite is a part of, you may notice many small holes in the sand, similar to gopher holes, and wonder what creature may inhabit it. There are many possible […]
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