Greater Roadrunner (December 12, 2016) — Images by kenne
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Roadrunner On The Hunt Leave a comment
Learning is exciting.
Roadrunner Calling For A Mate 4 comments
I could hear a clicking noise
coming from a mesquite tree
and began to look around
not sure what it might be.
Turns out the noise was a call,
the mating call of a cockoo bird
as he was standing tall
waiting for his call to be heard.
Then, nearby on the ground
his call was returned —
he began limb hopping down
to the sound he knew was earned.
— kenne
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One Of My Favorite Birds 2 comments
Greater Roadrunner — Image by kenne
This is the thirteenth posting on this crazy adorable bird. The largest cuckoo, the Greater Roadrunner is characterized by a long tail, streaked appearance, frequently erected shaggy crest, and a blue and orange bare patch of skin behind the eyes.
A speedster, this cuckoo is capable of running rapidly across the ground (15 mph) and only occasionally flies. Like all cuckoos, the Roadrunner is a zygodactyl bird (it has 2 toes pointing forward and 2 toes backward).
Hardly a day goes by without seeing one in the Sonoran desert. A predator, but unlike in the cartoons the Roadrunner is prey to the coyote.
–kenne
