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Roadrunner Calling For A Mate   4 comments

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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

Posted April 4, 2016 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Cuckoo, Information, Nikon D800, Photography, Poetry, Roadrunner, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Tucson Arizona

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Capturing The Moment — Catch Me If You Can!   4 comments

Bear Canyon 2013Greater Roadrunner — Image by kenne

Greater Roadrunner

A roadrunner doesn’t go “meep meep”, for he says “cucucucuckoo”

He isn’t an ostrich or an emu, he is a cuckoo.

Even his scientific name means “Californian ground cuckoo” (or “ground cuckoo from California”)

You can even see that he’s a cuckoo by the type of feet he has.

He maybe brown and dull but if one looks closely, he or she can see the red and blue stripe behind his eyes.

He rarely flies but he can run seventeen miles per hour.

I love them, what about you?

— OspreyEagle

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Posted March 3, 2013 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Nature, Photography, Poetry

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