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I missed Cinco de Mayo by a week but my two posts tonight have a SW flavor in a belated recognition. Further, Roadrunners are one of my favorite species to photograph.
Southern California
Male greater kudu(Tragelaphus strepsiceros), a woodland antelope found throughout eastern and southern Africa. It is one of the largest species of antelope. Bulls weigh 190–270 kg (420–600 lb). The bulls also have beards running along their throats, and large horns with two and a half twists.
Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
Conservation Status: Least Concern
We noticed this Greater Yellowleg foraging for small fish in the lake today. He saw us and flew to this rock. We slowly drifted towards him in the canoe and this was one of the better shots.
These birds forage in shallow water, sometimes using their bill to stir up the water. They mainly eat insects and small fish, as well as crustaceans and marine worms. It will soon be time for this little guy to fly south.
Wikipedia: The greater yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae.
It is found in East Asia from northern and eastern India to south-eastern China, Indochina, Hainan, and Sumatra. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Wikipedia: The greater coucal or crow pheasant (Centropus sinensis), is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. A widespread resident in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is divided into several subspecies, some being treated as full species. They are large, crow-like with a long tail and coppery brown wings and found in a wide range of habitats from jungle to cultivation and urban gardens. They are weak fliers, and are often seen clambering about in vegetation or walking on the ground as they forage for insects, eggs and nestlings of other birds. They have a familiar deep resonant call which is associated with omens in many parts of its range.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_coucal
Conservation status: Least Concern
Fremont County, Idaho
Won't be long, just a few more weeks until these will be displaying on their leks.
S.E. Idaho
Two males nonchalantly posturing just before they kick the snot out of each other. Reproduction is a serious business.
Edwin Forsythe Wildlife Refuge NJ.
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A Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) searching for some prey on the desert landscape near Buckeye, Arizona, U.S.A.
Its cryptic colouration allows it to blend so well into the desert landscape habitat in which it lives.
21 February, 2014.
Slide # GWB_20140221_2713.CR2
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Kim (kimng2) and I were sitting by the road at the edge of the marsh waiting for swans to come when this one walked by us very close.
My camera was set for flight shots against a bright blue sky so the water appears darker than it was, but there was good light on the bird.
Murray Marsh. Sturgeon County, Alberta.