Today I have picked the Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) as my Bird of the Week. I was able to get some photographs recently and I will show them here. This bird is in the cuckoo family, and better known as the bird that is always trying to outwit the wolf in the cartoons, with his familiar “Beep, beep!”
Greater Roadrunner
The Stokes Field Guide to Birds of North America describes the Greater Roadrunner as a large, very long-tailed bird with relatively long neck and thick legs. The skin behind the eye is bluish, and sometimes other colors show up in certain lighting.
Greater Roadrunner
Other traits is that the roadrunner doesn’t require water. He gets moisture through his diet. He can fly short distances, mostly gliding with his wings and tail spread. His voice is not the comical beep, beep, but actually a deep mellow cooing wooh wooh whoa whoa. He loves the arid areas of the south and southwest parts of the country.
Greater Roadrunner
I hope you have enjoyed this narrative and pictures. If you have, please leave a comment. Click on any images to see enlargements. Now I am outa here. Beep! Beep! 
Sorry for the mispell, Bob.
George
Hi Bob, I enjoyed viewing the birds, I got some too, today on the bikeway (Is detailed in the post bellow)I got very close, about 10 ft. away, and used a 50-200 at max zoom, on my Nikon D5000. Hope you’ll enjoy them at
http://euzicasa.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/todays-birds-vultures-and-seagull/
Have a great weekend, Boo,
George.
Nice work as always, Bob. Every time I’ve seen a roadrunner it has been a special occasion and you’ve capture all of these very well.
-jim
Thanks, Jim.
Hey, great shots here Bob! Not that that’s a surprise to me! There used to be a roadrunner that lived on the golf course when I once played most of my golf. I never saw him except on the move, though! This gives me a wonderful detail of what he actually looked like! Great job! And also, just wanted to say – GREAT CALENDAR!!! I would highly recommend it to everyone!
I used to play golf at New Mexico State University. The roadrunners would run around the greens, and were not to shy to pick up golf balls now and then. Thanks for the kind words, and also thanks for my calendar plug.
Bob
Great shots, as always! He’s not quite as big as the Road Runner from the cartoons, is he?
Thanks a bunch, Holly. I always appreciate your comments.
Bob
A stunning bird and lovely shots. Beep beep vroooom
Thanks Chris. I appreciate your kind words.
Bob