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Roadrunners


It's rather unusual to see roadrunners in Arizona, especially up close. She seemed like a velociraptor in our back yard and the other birds fled upon her arrival. I couldn't risk going outside and took these pictures through our windows.

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Hopping Down
Roadrunner
Roadrunner		 u40/qleap/medium/36515174.230_3078R.jpg u42/qleap/medium/34187938.230_3098R2.jpg Hunting Butterflies
Hunting Butterflies
Spike Hairdo
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Tai Chi Roadrunner		 Hops to our upper deck.
Hops to our upper deck.
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Coming in for a landing		 u44/qleap/medium/34371702.231_3118R.jpg
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g9/54/14154/3/156572472.fKXjkoRW.jpg Pair of Roadrunners
Pair of Roadrunners

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joseantonio14-Jul-2014 19:08
A very nice collection lovely presented.V
Costas ianos 03-Jul-2011 18:03
After watching Road Runner Cartoons all my (adult!) life on Greek and American TV I would travel to Mojave just to see one up close! Thank you for the beautiful photos!
Guest 11-Mar-2011 14:07
Great photos, some of the best I have seen of roadrunners. I do have to correct you however Roadrunners are not a rare sight in Arizona. I probably see as many roadrunners here in Mojave county as I do quail. In fact where I work at Laughlin Ranch we have a pair that eats scraps of meat from our hands.
Guest 05-Jun-2009 17:09
Thank you for these beautiful pictures. I will share 4 of them with the children at my church tomorrow with this story. I had recently put in a 2 ft. high chicken wire fence around my garden to fence out the rabbits. One day we looked down to see a roadrunner going back and forth trying to find a way through the fence. We watched fascinated until we say another roadrunner not far away with a lizard in its beak. Then we knew we were watching a mother teach its young one. We got the lesson: "When we find ourselves doing the same thing over and over again without a good result its time to look up"
Guest 19-Jul-2008 17:49
I've been looking for a model for a painting I want to do of a roadrunner. The one five rows down and the second one in is perfect. He's on the grass with a rock background. Hopefully I'll do him justice. Lucky you!
Mee- Meep! 27-Jan-2007 22:32
Thanks for your pictures! They helped confirm what my newest backyard addition is! I live in a densely populated hillside community in Corona CA...so I was extrememly surprised to see one here. Mine's visited about 3 times I've been witness to so far. We'll see how it fares with the hawks in spring. Probably shoulda' taken the left at Cucamonga with Buggs and headed east!
WhyZwon 16-Nov-2006 23:24
I love Roadrunners! I could watch them all day!
Graham Tomlin05-Sep-2005 14:38
nice gallery, where's Wiley Coyote?
Guest 31-May-2005 23:43
Superbly caught. Remarkable.
Guest 26-Nov-2004 04:19
What a beautiful bird! Your photos are amazing. Cheers!
Ian Morehouse25-Sep-2004 06:25
Thank you, I had never seen a real one until now. Lovely sequence.
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