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Greater Roadrunner
An alert pose with tail cocked and crest raised. This iconic ground cuckoo of the arid American Southwest seemed to be following me. The colored eye markings are bare skin known as the postorbital apterium. It is mostly blue in females, but males such as this also show a bit of red or orange.
Location
Laguna Atascosa NWR, Indian Lake, Texas, USA.
Date taken
22 April 2024.
Scientific name
Geococcyx californianus

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Category
North America
Added by
jmorlan
Date added
View count
274
Comment count
4

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Device
Canon Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
Aperture
ƒ/6.5
Focal length
247.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1000 second(s)
ISO
640
Filename
GreaterRoadrunnerIMG_2409.jpg
File size
450.5 KB
Date taken
Mon, 22 April 2024 10:52 AM
Dimensions
1024px x 1170px

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