stately bird

arizona's state bird, the cactus wren, is one of my

favorites. they're bold and inquisitive and even 

though their song is not really musical, i love 

the familiar chugging sound, which was described

to me once as the sound of a car not starting:

krrr krrr krrr....krrr krrr krrr

hard to spell what i mean, but when you hear it, 

you'll know.

notable: cactus wrens never cock their tails 

like other wrens do and form permanent pair bonds 

(like many birds) - i wonder if that's a civil union, a

marriage, or if they just decide to stay together?