A female pyrrhuloxia at the top of a dead cactus in the Arizona desert.

Pyrr-fect Sunrise

Green Valley, Arizona

What could make a clear morning in the Arizona desert even more beautiful? How about a pyrrhuloxia sitting in that perfect gold light, at the top of a dead cactus? Cacti keep benefiting the desert long after they've died and the green flesh has rotten away. Animals build nests in them, humans use their skeletons for wood, and in this case, birds use them as an observation tower.

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