white wing dove eating its favorite food

Who knew that doves could be pollinators?!
When saguaros flower, white-winged doves move from flower to flower, sipping nectar and pollinating the plant.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

we tend to think of bees and butterflies as pollinators, but they are only part of the connected story

[Lesley]

Excellent. That never occurred to me either.

[Chris Cook]

Such a great shot!

[Corinne C]

A nice capture. I love seeing your AZ pics!

[Bill]

Nice capture. When I was out in Arizona last year I never put two and two together when we kept seeing the doves on the cactus.

[Laura]

Great shot.

[Ian JB]

Wonderful image. Love the big cactus.

[Diana]

what a great find and shot!

[Babs]

Wow that is one huge cactus.

[Brian]

Wow! Thanks for the information

[william wooderson]

That's amazing. Fav!

[Merrelyn]

That's a huge cactus, interesting info.

[haskar]

Beautiful capture.