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The Desert Iguana digs burrows under Creosote plants, making safe hiding places.  This also helps the Creosote, as the burrows funnel water down to the plant roots when it rains.  Desert Iguana hibernates during the chilly fall and winter months, emerging in March just as the Creosote is setting its blooms.  The iguanas breed inContinue reading “Desert Iguana”

Here’s how a cactus and bird join up to help each other out. White-winged Doves fly to the Sonoran Desert from Southern Mexico every April.  They arrive just as the creamy blossoms of the Saguaro cactus are breaking open, releasing their sweet fragrance.  The doves replenish themselves with Saguaro nectar containing water, sugar and protein.Continue reading “Saguaro and White-Winged Dove”