Saturday's Critters # 615

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Various photos from our walks on the local fire roads, the NCR trail and a few from our yard. 

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1. Aug 12,  our walk to the lake with Miney and hubby. It is nice hubby is feeling up to more walks.  

2. Aug 12th, it's been hard capturing a bird with my camera. I usually hear more than I see now.  I did get a few shots of the Downy Woodpecker. 

3. Aug 15th, a walk with Miney and Michael on the NCR trail. We saw lots of what looked like swamp sunflowers along the trail. 

4. Seen on the NCR trail, there were lots of these flowers. I am guessing they are the Swamp Sunflowers? 

5. Eastern Tiger Swallowtails were enjoying our Buddleia bush. 

Sometimes Miney is on a long lead and will walk out on the driveway when the gate is open. 

6. Aug 17, we took another walk on the Prettyboy fire road, hubby and Michael rested on a downed tree across the trail. 

Aug 17, a mama deer with her fawn on our driveway. The spotted babies are so cute. 

7. Flashback 2013, New Mexico birds. One of my favorite birds seen in New Mexico was my lifer the Greater Roadrunner. 

8. Flashback 2013 New Mexico the Black Phoebe lifer.

Flashback back 2013 New Mexico, at the Carlsbad Caverns we saw my lifers the Cave Swallows.

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Greater Roadrunner

I am linking up with Wild Bird Wednesday and Nature Notes

After my New Mexico trip I can knock another of my TOP TEN most want to see birds off of my list. It is the Greater Roadrunner.  A cool bird and another New Mexico lifer, YES!

I actually saw my first Roadrunner the day before this sighting. But the bird ran across the street and into the brush so fast, I could not get his photo. On this day at the Bosque Del Apache NWR the Roadrunner came out of the bushes and ran across a large open field.

These photos are thanks to dear hubby, he was sitting on the right side of the car for these shots. Hubby took a few shots of the Roadrunner as he ran across the field. What a cool sight!

 The Greater Roadrunner is a long-legged bird in the Cuckoo family. The adult has a bushy crest and a long, thick dark bill. The roadrunner has a long dark tail, dark on the head and back. They have four toes, two facing front and two face backward.  They feed in insects, fruits and small reptiles. The Roadrunner can run at speeds up to 20 MPH.

It seems that after I see a bird that I have really wanted to see, they keep appearing. During the rest of our trip, I started seeing more Roadrunners. Of course most of the time running across the road in front of the car. Sometimes they were just a blur. But cool sightings. 

I hope you enjoyed my Roadrunner, it was one of my favorite sightings in New Mexico. Thanks for visiting and for the nice comments.

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