Oct 052015
Saguaro Boot — A Gila Woodpecker and Gilded Flicker home
This Gila Woodpecker apartment complex.
It all too common for European Starlings to take over a nest.
There are 18 nests from this view.
Saguaro Boot
A saguaro boot is actually a scab formed by the cactus when a
bird drills a hole for a nest.
Saguaro Boot
It takes about a year for the scab to dry so that the parents can move in.
The boot is water proof and Indians have used them to carry water.
Saguaro Boot
The scab is so tough that it remains long after the cactus has
died and decomposed.
Saguaro Boot
All four of these boots are from the same cactus.
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