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Roadrunner Searches for Lizards - Image 109-2466

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Roadrunner Searches for Lizards

Foothill Drive - Portal - Arizona
Thursday, August 23, 2007, 07:06:18

Roadrunner Searches for Lizards - Greater Roadrunner - Image © Copyright Ed Bustya --- birds, SE AZ, Southeast Arizona, birding, cuculidae, cuculiformes, cuckoos, Greater Roadrunner, Foothill Drive

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Roadrunners are curious, funny birds. The sound that roadrunners make is interesting too - they bend over and puff up their chest, then make a sort of cooing sound like a mourning dove. They also make a fast clicking sound with their beak that sounds kind of like loud, chattering teeth. They don't honk "Beep Beep!" And here's something interesting, Greater Roadrunners are in the "Cuculidae" family, which is latin for "old world cuckoos." I thought that Cuckoos just came in noisy clocks...

Camera, Lens, and Exposure Information

Camera model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Lens used: Canon 600mm lens at 1200mm (using a 2X teleconverter)

Exposure Data:
ISO 800.
1/400 at f/8.
Av exposure mode (Aperture Priority).
Multi-segment metering

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