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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Cuckoo


Not much to take note of on the trail around Tortugas Mountain this morning, but this striking yucca with its two sucker babies did catch our eyes. I should say "my" eyes because Research Associate Becca was too preoccupied by a Whiptail lizard hiding under a Prickly Pear pad.
When we got back to COC, though, this adult Roadrunner was sitting in the shade atop the trellis in front of the Big House. As pointed out previously, Roadrunners are members of the cuckoo family; if any of you have an old cuckoo clock, compare this baby to the one that pops out of your timepiece.
Here's a right profile shot of the handsome devil.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I miss roadrunners. They were always around our house growing up. In SF we saw a rat running across the telephone wire the first night we moved in after buying our house. (I'm surprised Rachel let us move in)

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