Arizona-My Backyard My husband took the videos and pictures with his camera. It’s out back by the bird feeders. We didn’t get the first part of the encounter. We didn’t know what we were watching. At first the male went down the hole a little at a time. Then he got the female to come out. They coupled briefly but it was obvious the birds made her nervous. She went back down the hole. He got her out one more time and pinned her. He’s not biting her. She tolerated mating for longer. Then she forced him off by going down the hole. So because she was nervous he set about digging the hole bigger. That way he could come up on top(blue chin). There are 9 types of whiptails in Arizona of which the Canyon are among the biggest.