{"id":8026,"date":"2025-03-24T21:33:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T04:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/?p=8026"},"modified":"2025-03-24T21:33:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T04:33:41","slug":"cactus-wren-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/24\/cactus-wren-nest\/","title":{"rendered":"Cactus Wren Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250324-cactus-wren-exiting-nest.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250324-cactus-wren-exiting-nest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8027\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250324-cactus-wren-exiting-nest.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250324-cactus-wren-exiting-nest-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250324-cactus-wren-exiting-nest-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have been observing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertmuseum.org\/kids\/oz\/long-fact-sheets\/Cactus%20Wren.php\" target=\"_blank\">cactus wren<\/a> nest in a cholla cactus by the west fence for a few days. I frequently see one of the wrens attending to the nest as though there may be hatchlings in it. <\/p>\n<p>Today, I was lucky enough to see one of the wrens coming out of the nest. I had my Canon EOS Rebel SL3 with me on my morning walk and got the photo above. Canon Normal Program Mode with EF55-250 lens set at a focal length of 250mm.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the image to enlarge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been observing a cactus wren nest in a cholla cactus by the west fence for a few days. I frequently see one of the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,12,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-critters","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8026"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8029,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8026\/revisions\/8029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}