Staff at the Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary in Orange County caught this rare Coastal Cactus Wren in their mist nests during a recent banding event. After being properly banded and photographed, this elegant creature was sent on its way.
By Garrison Frost
March 11, 2010
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.