Western grebe nest with bird in the background. Image note: telephoto lens.

Female phainopepla on branch beside nest. Two young birds begging after being fed.

Male phainopepla sitting at the back of nest, young birds begging to be fed.

Female phainopepla with berry in mouth at back of nest. Two young birds begging to be fed.

Crissal thrasher nest and two eggs in the branch of a mesquite tree.

Black-necked stilt nest and three eggs.

Flowers of bird of paradise acacia.

Two young crissal thrasher birds in nest.

Palmer thrasher sitting on nest in cholla cactus. Image note: shadows on bird.

Palmer thrasher entering nest in a cholla cactus. Image note: shadows on bird.