A Bold Bet to Ensure the Future of Desert #Birds: Plant Thousands of Cacti https://www.audubon.org/news/bold-bet-ensure-future-desert-birds-plant-thousands-cacti

"#saguaros are supporting more than 100 species. Gila #Woodpeckers & Gilded Flickers carve out nests in them, which are later used by Desert Purple Martins, Elf #Owls, the federally threatened Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls, etc. Crested Caracaras & Harris’s #Hawks also build platform nests atop the #cacti’s spiny arms. #Bats feast on #cactus fruits and, along with #bees, pollinate their #flowers"