Comments on: road runner http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/04/20/road-runner/ Gardening, rural life, nature and general observations from a west Texas perspective. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:49:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: lizzie http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/04/20/road-runner/#comment-4800 lizzie Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:06:44 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/04/20/road-runner/#comment-4800 We just had a roadrunner in our backyard. We live in the city in vegas. I guess he got lost... We just had a roadrunner in our backyard. We live in the city in vegas. I guess he got lost…

]]> By: Larry Davis http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/04/20/road-runner/#comment-2453 Larry Davis Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:57:37 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/04/20/road-runner/#comment-2453 I love roadrunners; I was on a county road in Montague county 70 miles north of Ft. Worth in the early 1990's near Bugscuffle--not on most maps-- and there was a roadrunner high in a tree; I stimulated it-- by tossing rocks in its direction-- to get it to fly. I got a great (reasonably decent) photo of the road runner in flight; looks like a pterodactyl! Your shot is somewhat sharper than mine; I was using a 28 to 200 autofocus Nikon, and got him/her pretty good. Is Possum Kingdom now your base of operations? thelrd in TEXAS I love roadrunners; I was on a county road in Montague county 70 miles north of Ft. Worth in the early 1990’s near Bugscuffle–not on most maps– and there was a roadrunner high in a tree; I stimulated it– by tossing rocks in its direction– to get it to fly. I got a great (reasonably decent) photo of the road runner in flight; looks like a pterodactyl! Your shot is somewhat sharper than mine; I was using a 28 to 200 autofocus Nikon, and got him/her pretty good.

Is Possum Kingdom now your base of operations?

thelrd in TEXAS

]]> By: Bill Hopkins http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/04/20/road-runner/#comment-2452 Bill Hopkins Wed, 27 Apr 2005 03:07:53 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/04/20/road-runner/#comment-2452 Leslie: They also eat lizards and insects in addition to rattlers. They must eat only small rattlers. I can't imagine it trying to swallow a 4 foot long snake. Miguel: About the size of a small chicken. He moved in quick spurts down the driveway, stopping about every five or six feet for a couple minutes. But I have seen them move much faster when dashing across a road in front of my car. Leslie:
They also eat lizards and insects in addition to rattlers. They must eat only small rattlers. I can’t imagine it trying to swallow a 4 foot long snake.

Miguel:
About the size of a small chicken. He moved in quick spurts down the driveway, stopping about every five or six feet for a couple minutes. But I have seen them move much faster when dashing across a road in front of my car.

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