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Greater Roadrunner

Geococcyx californianus

Description:

A large ground dwelling cuckoo

Habitat:

Scrub

Notes:

Several lived in our neighborhood & regularly passed thru', darting this way then that, on occasion giving the long tail feathers a pump...Once in a while if feeling threatened they would fly up into a tree..beep!...beep!

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3 Comments

Noe and Pili
Noe and Pili 12 years ago

Interesting bird! This is new for me :)

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

fab

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Nice and like your story too.

RobertShinn
Spotted by
RobertShinn

Austin, Texas, USA

Spotted on Apr 5, 2004
Submitted on Aug 17, 2011

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