Birds of The Azure Gate: Part Three

The Cactus Wren and the Curved Bill Thrasher are more commonly found here at the Azure Gate, although not abundant like the doves, quail, finches, and sparrows. I have put them together here because the best way to describe them is "saucy." In ways similar to the Gila Woodpecker. They are  into everything. Very curious and bold. And, if you disturb them, they fly off (the handle) into a nearby tree and just squawk and squawk and squawk. 

Cactus Wren

The Cactus Wren is found in the southern parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in open and arid brushland or desert. It is the largest of the wrens.

Curved Bill Thrasher

The Curved Bill Thrasher is found in Southern Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and up into Southwestern Oklahoma. They too, like open and arid brushland and desert, although primarily thorny desert. It is hard to distinguish it from the Bendire's Thrasher which also appears at the Azure Gate, although less frequently.