Cactus Wren Building a Nest — Image by kenne
This large wren prefers cholla cactus in which to their nest. The nest is built by both sexes is a bulky mass of weeds, grass, twigs, lined with feathers, animal hair, plant down. The nest is shaped like football lying on its side; entrance at one end, with a narrow tubular passage leading to nest chamber. While the female is incubating the eggs, the male will often build additional nests to serve as decoys.
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Cactus Wren Nest — Image by kenne
Cholla Fruit — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— Georgia O’Keeffe
Male Cactus Wren Building a Nest in a Cholla Cactus — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Greater Roadrunner Sitting On Nest In A Cholla Cacti — Image by kenne
— from “On Photography” by Susan Sontag
Cactus Wren Grunge Art by kenne
Art tries to create creates many possible futures futures in each moment moments of existence existences choosing reality realities from our experience experiences. -- kenne
Cactus Wren Nest in a Cholla (Sabino Canyon) — Image by kenne
— Walt Whitman
Cactus Wren Nest — Image by kenne
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Cactus Wren Building a Nest in a Cholla Cactus (October 23, 20016) — Image by kenne
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“Having A Grunge Art Morning” (Sunday, November 1, 2015) — Computer Art by kenne
Building a Nest in a Safe Place (Probably a Cactus Wren’s nest.) — Image by kenne
Have you not seen the bird
flying far, again and again
collecting straws to weave a nest-
a home- for its young ones to be.
As eggs are hatched
out come the young
chirping or crying, to be fed,
the bird flies again, and again
collecting grains
to feed the young
who cannot fly
It chews the grain but does not swallow
beak to beak it feeds young fellow
caressingly and lovingly
so all are fed properly.
Young get wings, by and by:
and coaxed by the mother bird;
attempt to fly.
Then suddenly one day
the young one flies far away
It knows not where: and
The nest gets barren,
Lonely…
The bird DOES NOT GRIEVE
OR DOES IT
We humans, we do not know.
Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear (Cholla) — Image by kenne
Removing Cholla Spines — Images by kenne
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Cactus Wren Nest In A Cholla Cactus — Image by kenne
Teddy Bear Cholla In The Morning Sun — Image by kenne
Hiking To Hutch’s Pool On Good Friday — Image by kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 