The Gila woodpeckers and the “imperiled” cactus ferruginous pygmy owl nest inside saguaro cavities, while raptors like great horned owls and Harris hawks nest in the crooks of saguaro arms, he ...

The Arizona Game and Fish Department shared what it said were the first known photos of bald eagles nesting within the arms of a saguaro cactus taken in the state. “A rare sight,” the agency ...

In the crook of the arms of a huge saguaro cactus, a bald eagle was perched on a sprawling nest made of sticks and other vegetation. A few days later, he and his team did a helicopter survey to ...

For the first time ever documented, a bald eagle nest was found in a saguaro cactus, according to Arizona Game and Fish. Biologists tried to find a bald eagle nesting in a cactus for 18 years.

Combining beauty, personality and a critical role in the desert ecosystem, a Gila woodpecker is a fascinating bird to attract ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — It's something biologists have long speculated, and now there's proof. The Arizona Game and Fish Department says they've spotted the first known bald eagle nest in a saguaro cactus.

The saguaro’s pleated trunk won’t accommodate a woodpecker cavity until it’s about eight feet tall, or 80 to 120 years old, Horst explains, and likely won’t host a raptor nest until it’s ...

They sometimes nest on cliffs or on the ground — and, in rare cases, a cactus. The saguaro cactuses themselves have been threatened recently, with thieves illegally digging them up to ship ...

The Gila woodpeckers and the “imperiled” cactus ferruginous pygmy owl nest inside saguaro cavities, while raptors like great horned owls and Harris hawks nest in the crooks of saguaro arms, he ...

The superstar of the Sonoran Desert is the saguaro cactus. From a distance an observer might be forgiven for wondering why someone planted a line of slightly misshapen telephone poles.