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Gila Woodpecker The Gila woodpecker is famous for its nests in the saguaro cactus. The nest is cool and safe for the chicks. Gila woodpecker chicks are born blind, naked and totally helpless. No wonder their parents have to make the nest high up in the safety of the prickly saguaro! How a gila woodpecker builds its home The adult birds peck a little hole at the side of the saguaro, then further in, further in. Turn a right-angle, furher in and further in. Now a 'saguaro boot' is formed, which is also the cozy home of the woodpeckers' family. After the cactus is dead and decomposed, these hollow forms of saguaro boot will be left on the ground, and the Indians use them as food containers! Besides of Gilas, the enormous Harris' hawks simply make their huge(of course) nest on the arms of the saguaro. Teeny-tiny elf owls also build their home-sweet-homes there.
[ a Gila woodpecker pecking into the huge sagauro ] |
