One has to be fast! I had tried for close to 20 years, but saw this RR out my back window. He stood like this for no longer than 15 seconds.

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One has to be fast!

Sep 20, 2018 12:59:59 #

Gregger Loc: Phoenix area

I had tried for close to 20 years, but saw this RR out my back window. He stood like this for no longer than 15 seconds.

Sep 20, 2018 13:07:52 #

jwm1944 Loc: Maryland

Gregger wrote:

I had tried for close to 20 years, but saw this RR out my back window. He stood like this for no longer than 15 seconds.

Sep 20, 2018 13:10:44 #

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Good catch. These buggers are quick.

Sep 20, 2018 13:28:57 #

Gregger Loc: Phoenix area

I saw him outside our patio window, picked up my camera, and the difficult part was getting the sliding patio door open without startling him. I was like a little kid looking at the screen after snapping photo. I had chased these so many times without any luck. To have one show up like this was close to a miracle.

Sep 21, 2018 05:35:37 #

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Gregger wrote:

I had tried for close to 20 years, but saw this RR out my back window. He stood like this for no longer than 15 seconds.

Sep 21, 2018 07:34:51 #

rdoc Loc: Rochester, MN

Gregger wrote:

I had tried for close to 20 years, but saw this RR out my back window. He stood like this for no longer than 15 seconds.

He had to move---that falling anvil was closing in!

Sep 21, 2018 07:47:35 #

fourg1b2006 Loc: Long Island New York

15 seconds...you lucked out lol.

Sep 21, 2018 08:37:10 #

Haymaker

rdoc wrote:

He had to move---that falling anvil was closing in!

Meep! Meep!

Sep 21, 2018 13:09:32 #

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Outstanding work - reactions and photo.

Sep 21, 2018 17:49:12 #

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I haven't seen one in ages. Nice work catching a photo of one.
--Bob

Gregger wrote:

I had tried for close to 20 years, but saw this RR out my back window. He stood like this for no longer than 15 seconds.

Sep 21, 2018 23:36:28 #

canonclicker

I like all roadrunner photos. Sorry you had to wait. We have had roadrunners for 8 years at our house and we feed them - hamburger. Never feed them meat from the store because the hamburger will not have calcium and they get ricketts & their offspring will be crippled. We add cuttlebone that's sold as birdfood. We grind it up and sprinkle it into the burger as smaller than golf balls.

Sunniing itself.
Sunniing itself....