Roadrunner
“Roadrunner” — A greater roadrunner, Death Valley National Park.
After more than two-and-a-half decades of visiting Death Valley National Park, you’d think that I would have see quite a few of these birds. But, no, this is the first time I have encountered one. Actually, there were two. I arrived at my campsite and was getting my gear out when a couple of them started investigating my stuff.
I was surprised at how close they got. I would have assumed, especially having never run into them here before, that they would have been more sky and cautious. In any case, I grabbed one of my cameras and put a long lens on it, and I managed to squeeze off a few photographs before the birds decided to go investigate someone else’s campsite.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” (Heyday Books) is available directly from him.
Roadrunner
“Roadrunner” — A greater roadrunner, Death Valley National Park.
After more than two-and-a-half decades of visiting Death Valley National Park, you’d think that I would have see quite a few of these birds. But, no, this is the first time I have encountered one. Actually, there were two. I arrived at my campsite and was getting my gear out when a couple of them started investigating my stuff.
I was surprised at how close they got. I would have assumed, especially having never run into them here before, that they would have been more sky and cautious. In any case, I grabbed one of my cameras and put a long lens on it, and I managed to squeeze off a few photographs before the birds decided to go investigate someone else’s campsite.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” (Heyday Books) is available directly from him.