Greater Roadrunner (December 12, 2016) — Images by kenne
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Roadrunner On The Hunt Leave a comment
Learning is exciting.
The Grays Have It! 3 comments
The Grays Have It! — Greater Roadrunner Image by kenne
Perched up in the tree
Not lesser than the greater
Looking good to her.
— kenne
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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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Birds On My Morning Walk In The Canyon 4 comments
Cactus Wren
Black Throated Sparrow
Female Pyrrhuloxias
Greater Roadrunner
A few birds spotted on yesterday’s morning walk in Sabino Canyon. — Images by kenne
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Greater Roadrunner In The Brush 2 comments
Greater Roadrunner in the Brush — Image by kenne
Been seeing a lot of these guys lately. With much cooler days some of the greater roadrunner’s food,
like tarantulas, scorpions, and reptiles are underground. This one was all about business, hunting through the brush.
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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
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Greater Roadrunner — “So Shall His Life Be Taken Away” 1 comment
Greater Roadrunner In A Mesquite Tree
Greater Roadrunner In A Mesquite Tree
Greater Roadrunner at the End of Life — Images by kenne
There is no such thing as death.
In nature nothing dies.
From each sad remnant of decay,
some forms of life arise
so shall his life be taken away
before he knoweth that he hath it.
–Charles Mackay
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Greater Roadrunner Grunge Art Leave a comment
Greater Roadrunner Grunge Art — Images by kenne
“Clownlike it may appear to human eyes, but the Roadrunner is a very effective predator. Its speed on foot is not just for show: it captures not only snakes and large insects, but also fast-running lizards, rodents, and various small birds. Gambel’s Quail may pay scant attention to the Roadrunner at most seasons, but they react to it violently when they have small young, and with good reason: given an opportunity, the Roadrunner will streak in to grab a bite-sized baby quail.”
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A Greater Roadrunner Takes To The Trees 1 comment
Greater Roadrunners are usually seen running on the ground,
this roadrunner left the road for a nearby mesquite tree.
Images by kenne
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Out For A Morning Run Leave a comment
Greater Roadrunner (March 3, 2015) — Image by kenne
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Greater Roadrunner Chicks Ready To Leave The Nest 9 comments
Greater Roadrunner Chicks Ready To Leave The Nest — Images by kenne
This is the third posting on the greater Roadrunner nest in Sabino Canyon in the last sevaral weeks. This is the first time I have seen some of the four chicks ready to leave the nest, or anxiously waiting for mother to bring food. These two are bigger than the two behind them. While watching them this afternoon, they were stretching out their wings as if they are ready to going forging for food.
kenne
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Greater Roadrunner Building Nest, Three Weeks Later 3 comments
Greater Roadrunner On Nest In Cholla — Image by kenne
Three weeks ago I posted Capturing the Moment — Greater Roadrunner Nest Building. Today I check on her and when she is not on the nest with her chicks, you can see three that will probably start forging soon.
kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Greater Roadrunner Nest Building 5 comments
Greater Roadrunner — Images by kenne
“Throughout much of his range the roadrunner is known as the chaparral cock, or merely the chaparral. He also is called lizard bird, ground cuckoo, cock of the desert, and, as we have stated above, snake killer. The Mexicans call him the paisiano or the correo del camino. The first of these names means compatriot or fellow countryman; according to some writers it expresses affectionate regard, and is to be freely translated “little friend.” The latter is almost the equivalent of our name roadrunner.” — GEORGE MIKSCH SUTTON from the Bent Life History Series of Monographs
The roadrunner’s nest is in this cholla cactus just a few feet from two heavily traveled hiking trails — don’t think anything will bother this nest!
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Roadrunner Colors In Black and White — “Beep! Beep!” 4 comments
Beep! Beep!
Beep! Beep! — Images by kenne
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Christmas Greater Roadrunner Is Spying On You 7 comments
“Christmas Greater Roadrunner” — Image by kenne
You better watch out
You better not sigh
You better not doubt
I’m telling you why
Christmas Roadrunner is spying on you
co-coo-coo-coo-coooooo
co-coo-coo-coo-coooooo
He runs level to the ground
Watching your every move
Running through this land of brown
Always knowing how to sing and grove
co-coo-coo-coo-coooooo
co-coo-coo-coo-coooooo
He sees you, you don’t see him
Quiet when you are near by
Sometimes on a low limb
Raising a bushy blue-black crest high
co-coo-coo-coo-coooooo
co-coo-coo-coo-coooooo
You better watch out
Cause he may suddenly run at you
So, you better not doubt
I’m telling you true
Christmas Roadrunner is spying on you
co-coo-coo-coo-coooooo
co-coo-coo-coo-coooooo
— kenne
