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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:53 pm
by Harriet
Rodents are their primary prey, but they go for birds too.
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:27 pm
by Andy_CT
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:47 am
by JeffWhiteDevil
4 KILLDEER EGGS
A CARDINAL
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:19 pm
by cactuslee
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:31 pm
by daiv
@ Jeff - nice find on the eggs. Did you just look in the opposite direction that the mama was going?
That is one ugly cardinal!
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:22 am
by Buckethead
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 5:31 am
by daiv
I would say turkey vultures on those. Wings in a "V" shape and appear to be soaring. Hard to say from the pics, but that is a lead anyway.
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 5:34 am
by A. Dean Stock
I second that; looks like Turkey Vultures to me.
Dean
Urban Roadrunner
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:38 am
by Lair3514
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:10 pm
by Tony
They live in all the western states and are fairly common round here, but you only get the see the backside for a second. Meeep! meeep!
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:15 am
by daiv
Fantastic!
Like Tony says, usually, you only get a fleeting glimpse (out of the corner of .. wait, sorry about that). Although I was fortunate to have a similar "close encounter" like you did where the Road Runner was climbing around in some vines on a stucco wall. I only wish I would have been able to get pictures like you did.
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:00 am
by TimN
Great pics! Roadrunners have a very pre-historic look to me. I see them around here occasionally, usually the tail feathers going away.
Jackrabbits also have a knack for showing only their hindquarters.
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:34 pm
by Harriet
Last time I saw one of those was at the movies. May have been when we went to see "Despicable Me". Anyway, Roadrunners and Coyotes are fun in 3D. But I think a real live sighting would be a bigger thrill.
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:09 pm
by Andy_CT
Ahh Roadrunners. Will always be associated with a coyote falling a 1000 feet to his non death.
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:41 pm
by Lair3514
Glad to share the roadrunner pictures. Most people just don't give a hoot. That's why this thread is so great. Hope it has a long, long run.
Its coloring seems to provide great camouflage in most situations.