wildlife
1. Giving The Road a Break - Landing Roadrunner (f/5.6, 1/2500 sec, ISO 800, 210mm)
2. Tired Coyote (yes, it was chasing the roadrunner) (f/4, 1/1250 sec, ISO 200, 210 mm)
3. Hungry Green Heron (f/8, 1/800 sec, ISO 400, 85mm)
4. I'm All Ears (f/8, 1/400 sec, ISO 800, 190mm)
5. A Dragon So Fly (f/5.6, 1/400 sec, ISO 400, 85mm)
6. Bottomless Pit (f/16, 1/250 sec, ISO 800, 210mm)
During the month of August, the roadrunners on a golf course near South Mountain feast on the exploding population of dragon flies. I noticed one particularly large roadrunner took the same path every afternoon to arrive on the fairway where it would hunt. In order to photograph the roadrunner without spooking it, I chose a place on the fairway where I could lay in the grass and wait for it to be near enough to photograph. The bird had been very consistent for at least a week before, so I was certain my position on the fairway would pay off. After a short wait, I could see the roadrunner approaching in the distance. As more time passed, and the roadrunner was not where it usually was, I decided to check on my camera equipment many yards away near a pond. To my surprised, there was the roadrunner also checking out the equipment; too far away to photograph. So I followed it and eventually shot what is the first image in the gallery on this page.
