CACTUS WREN CAMPYLORHYNCHUS LIVES ARID DESERTS SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES CHAPARRAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NORTHERN MEXICO BELOW CALIFORNIA CHAPARRAL SUMMERS COLD NORMALLY GETS INCHES RAIN LARGEST WREN THE UNITED SEXES LOOK ALIKE BROWN WHITE STRIPE RUNNING THROATS BEAKS WHITE AND BLACK COVER BELLY BUFF DENSE SPOTTING THE BREAST SHORT WINGS BLACK LEGS FEET ACTIVE CURIOUS QUICKLY INVESTIGATE ANYTHING IF YOU LEAVE YOUR CAR WINDOWS DOWN THE GARAGE DOORS OPEN SURE ENTER CHECK CACTUS WRENS BREED SCRUB RECENTLY COME BACK FEMALE SELECT NESTING SITE TREES SONORAN DESERT PREFER THE WELL PROTECTED BRANCHES THE CHAIN FRUIT MALE AND FEMALE HELP BUILD NEST GRASSES FEATHERS SOFT MATERIALS ENTRANCE THE NEST CONTINUE BROODS CONDITIONS COLORED EGGS LAID SIZE THE CLUTCH DETERMINED THE FOOD ADAPTATION CHANGING FOOD AVAILABILITY DESERT THE EGGS DAYS THE MALE TERRITORY ROOSTING FUTURE HATCH PARENTS FEED HATCHLINGS YOUNG LEAVE THE NEST PERMANENT THE REGION THEY LIVE MALES BREEDING SEASON SING TERRITORIAL SONGS SONG CONSIST MONOTONE GAINING SPEED EATS INSECTS SOMETIMES TREEFROG SEEDS HABITAT SHIFTING FORAGING BEHAVIOR BEGINS FORAGE ON THE GROUND THE BRANCHES SHRUBS TEMPERATURE RISES SHIFT FORAGING COOLER STOP AFTERNOON REST ALMOST ALL WATER THE WEST DEVELOPMENT PATCHES TRUE LARGE ENOUGH SUSTAIN NESTS PREDATORS NATIVE PLANTS RATHER ENDANGERED SONGBIRDS MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT TRACY NONGAME FIELD NOTES WILD WORLD WORLD BIOMES PLANTS ANIMALS CLIMATE INDEX