ARRIVAL
When temperatures warm the high desert comes to life, revealing the diversity hidden through winter. Hibernators surface from below. Prairie dog families excavate new tunnels, preparing for their pups. A badger digs her underground den where she'll soon give birth. Short-horned lizards emerge with the ants. The timing is critical, since ants are their Sole Source of food. The sage sea is filling with new life, facing steady speeds of 20 miles an hour or more, the sage hugs the ground. Only the rocks have stood up to the desert gales, but over the eons, even these have been scoured and sculpted. Each year, migratory birds fly hundreds, even thousands of miles to raise their young here they synchronize their arrival with the emergence of insects. Some return to the exact same spot year after year, finding their small crevice once again in this vast expanse. For cavity nesting birds, rocks are the trees of the desert. Bluebirds use holes like these in place of hollowed trunks. Despite their brilliant blues, females pick their mates mostly for the quality of his shelter. The tiny American kestrel is the only falcon in North America that uses cavities. With their ultraviolet vision they track rodents by following their urine trails. Rock wren’s nest between stones on the ground they’re highly adapted to life in the desert. Temperatures can drop by 40 degrees, and creatures of the day give way to those of the night.
ARRIVAL When temperatures warm the high desert comes to life, revealing the diversity hidden through winter. Hibernators surface from below. Prairie dog families excavate new tunnels, preparing for their pups. A badger digs her underground den where she'll soon give birth. Short-horned lizards emerge with the ants. The timing is critical, since ants are their Sole Source of food. The sage sea is filling with new life, facing steady speeds of 20 miles an hour or more, the sage hugs the ground. Only the rocks have stood up to the desert gales, but over the eons, even these have been scoured and sculpted. Each year, migratory birds fly hundreds, even thousands of miles to raise their young here they synchronize their arrival with the emergence of insects. Some return to the exact same spot year after year, finding their small crevice once again in this vast expanse. For cavity nesting birds, rocks are the trees of the desert. Bluebirds use holes like these in place of hollowed trunks. Despite their brilliant blues, females pick their mates mostly for the quality of his shelter. The tiny American kestrel is the only falcon in North America that uses cavities. With their ultraviolet vision they track rodents by following their urine trails. Rock wren’s nest between stones on the ground they’re highly adapted to life in the desert. Temperatures can drop by 40 degrees, and creatures of the day give way to those of the night.
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