10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2016

The Greater Roadrunner , a member of the cuckoo family, is native to much of the Southwestern United States, and northern Mexico. They are quite capable of killing and eating the venomous rattlesnakes of this desert region. Nearly every trip into the desert, I see them Zipping back and forth across the dusty Mexican back roads.

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Rattlesnake Coyotes Mexico United States 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

They are part of a family of New World Quail which includes Gambel’s, Mountain, Scaled and Montezuma Quail, as well as the Northern Bobwhite. The family stays very close to cover for several weeks, getting bolder as the young develop. The family group pictured below has been visiting my yard recently.

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California Rattlesnake Gophers Eggs 217

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 1, 2011

After talking to Barb’s family, there wasn’t a doubt in my mind that they were anticipating her passing with a sense of weary relief, so I was surprised when the hospice nurse called me on the day of Barb’s death and asked me to come out to the home quickly. Then I noticed that several family members were also nursing bleeding wounds.

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Pit Bulls AKC Rattlesnake Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2019

A closer look reveals our seemingly sweet little cardinal is clutching a small green rattlesnake in its beak, making the image a little less “Christmas card” and more an obvious sendup of the national coat of arms of Mexico. Well, at least at first glance.

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Rattlesnake Mexico Virginia Eagles 137