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A Roadrunner

            While visiting a friend I had a little visit from this roadrunner.

The Greater Roadrunner, taxonomically classified as Geococcyx californianus, meaning "Californian Earth-cuckoo," is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae. Along with the Lesser Roadrunner, it is one of two species in the roadrunner genus Geococcyx. This roadrunner is also known as the chaparral cock, ground cuckoo, and snake killer.
The roadrunner is about 52 to 62 cm (20 to 24 in) long, has a 43 to 61 cm (17 to 24 in) wingspan and weighs 221 to 538 g (7.8 to 19.0 oz). It stands around 25 to 30 cm (9.8 to 12 in) tall and is the largest North American cuckoo. The adult has a bushy crest and long, thick, dark bill. It has a long, dark tail, a dark head and back, and is blue on the front of the neck and on the belly. Roadrunners have four toes on each zygodactyl foot; two face forward, and two face backward.
The name "roadrunner" comes from the bird's habit of racing down roads in front of moving vehicles and then darting to safety in the brush.

The breeding habitat is desert and shrubby country in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It can be seen in the US states in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, and rarely in Kansas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri,lizar killer as well as the Mexican states of Baja California.
   

Taken on: January 7, 2017

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Camera: Canon EOS 7D, f/6.3, 1/500 sec, 200mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D
Lens:	EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	200mm
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	+4/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.14 (Windows)
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