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Greater Roadrunner

Geococcyx californianus

Photo by Ava T-B
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Arid, brushy

Notes:

This roadrunner was right in front of the Lodge at the Torrey Pines Reserve in San Diego, CA

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Geococcyx

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Comments (5)
MitchRay
Nice shot, I love these guys. The way these guys handle rattlers and whiptails I'm not sure a mangy old coyote could take one
Dangermouse
Beauitful shot! I feel like making a 'coyote' comment, but I won't. ;)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Nice color in this roadrunner! I've only seen plain brown one's around here.

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Birds of the World
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PublishedAugust 28, 2011

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