Bird Watching: DAILY PICS VOL. 216, 1 by NM_Jane

NM_Jane wrote:
A curve-billed thrasher built a nest in one of my cholla cactus. Those cactus thorns are mean little buggers; so I couldn't get close enough to see how many eggs were in the nest. I could barely see one egg (a pretty turquoise color); so I've been checking the nest every day to see when it hatched.

When I checked this morning, I saw some movement in the nest, so I reached my arm through an opening in the cactus, positioned my camera over the nest, and blindly snapped a couple pictures. Nobody warned me that bird watching is dangerous … I'll probably be picking cactus thorns out of my arm and camera strap forever.

At least I did get a couple mediocre pictures of the two babies (which aren't much more than naked little mouths) and one unhatched egg.

After today's experience, I think I'll wait until the babies are a big enough to have their heads peeking up over the nest before I trying to get any more pictures of them.