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25-DEC-2007

Curve-billed Thrasher 78330

Atop a Cholla Cactus

Birds seem impervious to cactus spines for some reason.

Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
Teddy-bear Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii)

Photographed in the Sonoran Desert west of Tucson, Arizona USA.

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/1600s f/6.3 at 300.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Earl Arboneaux 30-Dec-2007 17:05
Very nice shot of the thrasher..