Roadrunner at Attention
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
Roadrunner at Attention
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Art - Photo Painting
Description
ROADRUNNER AT ATTENTION by PRISCILLA BURGERS
A roadrunner briefly pauses, allowing me to make a quick image, before he runs off again. The state bird of New Meico, roadrunner is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family. This bird walks around rapidly, running down prey. It feeds mainly on small animals including insects, spiders (including black widows), tarantulas, scorpions, mice, small birds and especially lizards and small snakes. Venomous serpents, including small rattlesnakes, are readily consumed. It kills prey by holding the victim in its bill and slamming it repeatedly against the ground. Although capable of limited flight, it spends most of its time on the ground, and can run at speeds of up to 20 mph.
Some Pueblo Indian tribes believed that the Roadrunner provided protection against evil spirits. In Mexico, some said it brought babies, as the white stork was said to in Europe. Some Anglo frontier people believed roadrunners led lost people to trails.
The greater roadrunner is the basis for the cartoon character Road Runner, a bird who uses his speed and cunning to outmaneuver his enemy, Wile E. Coyote, though real coyotes are faster than roadrunners.
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February 2nd, 2016
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