Greater Roadrunner
Geococcyx californianus

f4 @ 1/6400s, ISO:640, Nikon D3S w 500mm

"Greater Roadrunner," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The upper body is mostly brown with black streaks and sometimes pink spots. The neck and upper breast are white or pale brown with dark brown streaks, and the belly is white. A crest of brown feathers sticks up on the head, and a bare patch of orange and blue skin lies behind each eye; the blue is replaced by white in adult males (except the blue adjacent to the eye), and the orange (to the rear) is often hidden by feathers.

Santa Clara Ranch, Starr County, Texas

03/31/2017