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A cactus wren gathering nesting material at a desert tortoise burrow

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A photo of a cactus wren gathering nesting material, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.

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Public Domain.

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