Rainbows and Warblers

Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

Jun 08 2025 | 00:04:06

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Show Notes

Arizona rainbow hedgehog cactus is Echinocereus rigidissimus. That name hasn’t changed, but the black throated gray warbler is now Setophaga nigrescens…no longer Dendroica. Jeez, but okay, okay, I’ll make a pencil note in our Peterson and Sibley field guides. I like a field guide with checks and notes anyway. The photos are mine of a rainbow hedgehog in bloom. If you look very closely at around 4 o’clock in the shadow you can see a tiny hedgehog growing in a crack of the rock. For a picture of the black throated gray warbler check your field guide or head to…

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