Female American kestrel on a coast cholla cactus. 🪶

How do they (birds) do that, I mean really! I get it on a saguaro, but something like a super spiny cholla?? 🤷‍♂️

I’ve seen roadrunners, mourning doves, sparrows of several species, cactus wrens, mockingbirds, and kestrels using these tall, dense cactus thickets for shelter and lookout posts.

Certainly a wise choice for shelter.

Bunnies too.

Ok, I have not seen a bunny up on a cholla!!

Under.

Natch. So all bunnies have to be careful of are fallen cholla links. I’ve been had by a few over the years 😉