Moving into a New Home in the Desert?

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Guz Wrote: No, don't think so.
Animals, Birds included are more intelligent then some people give them credit for. But if people don't take the time to observe them, then I guess some wouldn't realize how intelligent they are.
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Then here's another one you could run into in your new home in the desert. The Cicada. Here's some info on them:

Description; Woodland Cicadas are in the family Cicadidae. Members of this family, 1-2 3/8" (25-60 mm) long, have membranous wings; the fore pair are twice the length of the hind pair. Males have sound-producing organs below the base of the abdomen. Although sometimes called locusts, cicadas are nonjumpers, unlike grasshoppers and crickets. They are usually seen emerging or flying from empty nymphal skins that may hang by the thousands from trees during July and August after the large adults have emerged. Each species has its own buzz or a pulsating clacking sound. Some species, primarily eastern, have life cycles of 13 or 17 years. Most of this time is spent as subterranean nymphal stages feeding on the roots of trees that they later climb as adults. More commonly the nymphal period is 1-3 years.

Here's a photo of two of them in a tree. The one in the lower right is real close so you can see what his face looks like up close: ---------
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Iggy wrote:
Guz Wrote: No, don't think so.
Animals, Birds included are more intelligent then some people give them credit for. But if people don't take the time to observe them, then I guess some wouldn't realize how intelligent they are.
Its too bad some only observe them down the barrel of a 12 gauge, hmm? They're a beautiful bird.

DC that cicada pic is great!
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Your right Guz, we don't hunt, can't see killing them. And thanks for the compliment.

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