Greater Roadrunner
Roadrunners are curious, funny birds. The Roadrunner in the photo to the right decided it needed to inspect my gear and got so close I had to switch to a camera with a smaller lens.
Greater roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
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Greater Roadrunner ( Geococcyx californianus )
Greater Roadrunner, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Cameron County, Texas
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details) ...
RangeThe greater roadrunner can be found in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. It is also found in Mexico.
Greater Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus (southwestern United States)
Conkling's Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus conklingi - prehistoric
Lesser Roadrunner, Geococcyx velox (Mexico and Central America) ...
Greater Roadrunner Habitat: Their breeding habitat is desert and shrubby country in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Greater Roadrunner
Both the real and the famous cartoon roadrunners are fast! Speed helps them escape danger, like coyotes, and catch food, like lizards and insects. But unlike the cartoons, real roadrunners go "coo, coo" not "beep, beep." ...
Greater Roadrunner vs. Chevy Pick-up truck
As some of you know, I take some pride in avoiding shots of captive birds, nesting birds (excepting those taken at a good distance), and birds on feeders or other artificial structures.
Greater Roadrunner speed
STRIGIDAE - Typical Owls
Spotted and Barred Owls
Northern Saw-whet Owl ...
The greater roadrunner is up to 24 inches long, including the 12-inch tail.
Sporadic reports of predation include greater roadrunners, brown-crested flycatchers and Mexican jays nabbing flying black-chins. Snakes eat eggs and fletchlings.
Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus
Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus minor
Greater Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus
Smooth-billed Ani, Crotophaga ani
Groove-billed Ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris ...
raccoons (Procyon lotor)
ants (Monomorium)
blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata)
American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
common grackles (Quiscalus quiscula)
snakes (Serpentes)
greater roadrunners (Geococcyx californianus) ...
Potential predators include red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), other hawks (Accipitrinae) [6,15,38,73], and greater roadrunners (Geococcyx californianus) [6,15,55].
 See also: Roadrunner, Grasshopper, Sparrow, Raven, Grosbeak
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