Meep-Meep has had it!
He is tired of the cat and mouse game.
He wants his close-ups damn-it!
He doesn’t understand why I take photos of all these lesser Holler birdies, when I have him to chase and catch a glimpse of.
So he just decided to show us all what we’ve been missing.
You have to admit he is one glam bird, he has a moveable mohawk!
I had been hearing this coyote pup cry early every morning, so I went in search of the abandoned pup, and this is who I found, the roadrunner making a completely credible repetitive coyote cry. I answered his cry and we had a morning symphony. His cry is like the second clip in the following link which gives some, but not all of the amazing vocalizations of these fascinating birds.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Greater_Roadrunner/sounds
We have several groups of roadrunners living inside our fences at The Holler and we interact with, and hear them everyday. A guest kept telling us about hearing growling outside his window at night which alarmed him enough to close the window, and yep that was roadrunners too. They also bark, and make a whirring noise. I imagine they imitate coyotes to confuse them, smart meepers!
Cheers to you from The Holler’s communicative and highly entertaining Meep-Meeps~
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Too funny. Amazing information. No wonder the roadrunner always outsmarted Wile Coyote. 🙂
Poor Wiley E. Coyote. He doesn’t stand a chance against the Meep-Meep!
Nope!!
Quite cute model. : )
He very much agrees with you! 😉
Lovely preening photos.Went on to the link: Loved this description; “As they run, they hold their lean frames nearly parallel to the ground and rudder with their long tails.” I couldn’t get the calls though , which is a shame – probably my PC.jx
Oh dear, I’m sorry. That is a perfectly accurate description of how they run. They move like lightening but their upper body is perfectly stable, just like in the cartoon where the speed was depicted with racing train wheels for legs!
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Great models, great posing! Real camera hog publicity seekers, and they chose you to be their agent! 8 x 10 black and white glossies can not do them justice.
I should be charging the meeper some sort of agent fees shouldn’ t I? I just can’t imagine him going along with it, but it is a matter of principal…..in more ways than one!
STUNNING images! Wow!
You are very kind Nick and most appreciated too! Thank you and Happy Saturday~
Run run run, beautiful series Cindy.
Thanks so much Bob & happy weekend to you!
So much fun to see roadrunners up close. The only roadrunner I’ve ever seen whizzed by on the cartoon show Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner. Amazing photos! Thank you
So pleased you enjoyed Nancy and very happy to have made the introduction! Be well my friend~
This made me smile this morning, not a better way to begin a weekend 🙂 Beautiful shots (1st and 3rd being my favorites)…and very fitting as it was always the Roadrunner cartoon that started off my Saturdays back in the day. Wishing you a beautiful weekend ahead Cindy ~
Yes, of course, what would a childhood Saturday morning be without the Meeper and Wiley E? It seems like people all over the world watched those cartoons and consider Meep-Meep a personal aquaintance. Of course it could also be that he’s a living dinosaur who we have memories of in our collective unconscious…..What the heck, he’s just a cute little beeper. Happy weekend to you Randall~
He certainly knows how to pose:) He’s beautiful and the pictures are outstanding.
And you are a wonderful friend! Happy Valentines Day~ <3
Great captures…closest we get to a road runner is a young pheasant on the local A road….
Pheasants are fun to spot. We have some exotic ones here that I think are remnants of some long ago birds released for hunting purposes. Good to know they outwitted the hunters!
What a poseur!
He is so full of himself, he reminds me of Brad Pitt, so that’s what I call him, Brad! 😉
I don’t think Brad would be offended! Angelina on the other hand ….
Yeah, she wouldn’t see the humor in it…….
Gorgeous! Full of character 🙂
That he most certainly is!
Wonderful pictures and wow that is truly amazing!!!
Roadrunners are amazing little velociraptor birds!
Very!
Hearing them peeping all the day must be stressing 😉
I used to live in the suburbs, now that is stressing. Give me cheepers anyday! 😉
I loved listening to all the sounds! They have quite a diverse vocal ability.
They really do, and not all of them are included on the Cornell page. The whirring sound they make for example is probably the most unusal. The first times I heard it, I had no idea what it was. Now it’s like a gentle alarm clock letting me know dawn is about to break.
I’d love an alarm clock like that!
It is the best, it provides a very gentle, gradual wake up~
FABULOUS shots, Cindy. What a handsome fellow he is, too. The vocalizations are quite something – adaptation and survival is key to successful living. 🙂
It truly is and I surely had to learn this my first few years at The Holler! I used to have nightmares about rattlesnakes, coyotes and black widow spiders. Now, they don’t even phase me.
She’s gone native! 😉
Yay!! I don’t ever want to revert to suburbia~
wonderful he slowed down
& posed 🙂
Vanity drove him to it! 😉
Love it
So glad & thanks!
So encouraging
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You are a true friend of the wild creatures Sharon. Thank you~
He is gorgeous!! Thx for sharing!
He thinks you have excellent taste and thanks you more! 😉
stolzer Vogel, wünsche eine gute kommende Woche
Sie sind richtig. Er ist stolz darauf! St. Valentinstag glucklich~ <3
wünsche eine gute Woche
Well, I’m glad this fellow was so obliging. He definitely struck some great poses for you. Fascinating plumage and little bright eyes. The sound library was intriguing. Quite a range of sounds!
I think science is finally getting their mind around the complexity of avian cognition and communication. It’s about time!
It’s perfect. Nicely captured pictures! He looks so cute being all high and mighty haha. What I was most amazed is all the different calls they make. I had no idea! Great post, as always 🙂
Kallia
So rewarding to post when someone cares about the bird and all he has to say! Thank you~
🙂
I have been religiously checking your blog! It’s wonderful!
Kallia xx
Awwww, thank you~ <3
Great pics, Cuz, and an excellent model too ! 🙂
Brad (AKA Brad Pitt) is quite GQ!
I’m sMeepten! ⌒ﾟ(❀>◞౪◟<)ﾟ⌒
Smeepers-creepers, U R! ⌒ﾟ(❀>◞౪◟<)ﾟ⌒ 😉
Love this creature!!
Amazing sounds Cindy, the bark sounds just a bit like the kookaburra starting up. He is very pretty too with his cute top knot.
Is the kookaburra in the cuckoo family?? Because the roadrunner is and they are similar.
The kookaburra is part of the kingfisher family
Sounds super when he sit on a pomme tree
Merry, merry king of the pomme is he!
The only thing is, they are very dirty creatures. 🙂 😀
I love how you capture “your” birds! Thank you for bringing us to your beautiful corner of the world.
Thank you more. I love bird watching with you Maria. You are very patient 😎
Hahaha..lol.. I actually do go birdwatching almost every morning, but I’m not as good as you at “catching” them.
Liebe Cindy, eine gute Woche wünsche ich dir
Vielen Dank und eine schone Woche fur Sie mein Freund!
alles gute
Wow very cool facts about roadrunners! He is beautiful!!! I love his moveable tuft on his head! Have a great week my friend! Hugz Lisa and Bear
Hugs and happy week back to you guys & hope your foot is healing!
These are fantastic images-and what handsome birds! I can see where this might be “just another day” in the holler, but for those of us elsewhere-it is a fascinating world you live in!
What a lovely comment and thank you for such thoughtfulness! Have a wonderful week~
Beautiful shots, nice model and interesting info :), Cindy, thanks for sharing! Bye. Kamila
He is quite the photogenic cuckoo isn’t he! Thanks much and happy Monday Kamilia~
I love the way you talk to the animals, Cindy… you and Dr. Doolittle. 🙂 Great pictures. That was one cooperative road runner. –Curt
Unfortunately they don’t follow me around in all these mixed herds like they did with Dr. Doolittle! Could be cuz’ I have no idea what I am saying in animal lingo. I have been cooing back with the Great Horned Owls for weeks now. Just found out the sound I was imitating was a territorial threat, which is probablly why the Great Horned over me about a foot from my head!! 😀
You do not want to get in a who-who match with a Great Horned Owl, Cindy. No, no, no. 😉 –Curt
I am still doing it, but I have altered the call to a friendly (mating) call and things are peaceful. 😉 😉 Laughing……One pair is returning to our nesting box. They investigated it last year, but didn’t nest. I think they will this year which will be a big thrill.
Meep meep is real 😁😁😁
He surely is and quite proud of himself too! 😎
😊😊❤️
These pictures are fabulous.
Awwww, you are very kind!
Sometimes Papa needs the paparazzi. 🙂
Oh my GOD, I am such a fool! I didn’t noticie he was cooing and bopping his head to:
LOL That’s right, he’s goo-goo for Gaga! 🙂
😎
A movable Mohawk!!! Lol
He is a pretty funny bird….
😉
Looks like you and Meep Meep had a wonderful talk. Absolutely stunning shots of this little cutie Cindy and thanks so much for sharing. 😀 ♥
Thank you much more for such kind appreciation~ <3
You are very welcome Cindy. 😀 ♥
La imagen del correcaminos resulta simpática y divertida. Imposible no recordar los dibujos animados en los que es protagonista. 🙂
Si, la vida aqui en El Holler es como un dibujo animado de Hanna- Barbara con coyotes y roadrunners! 😉 😎
chante oui chante, bella
Il chante pour vous et vous remercie! <3
Pitié
He posed so nicely. Beautiful!
Thats why I named him Brad Pitt. He’s handsome and loves the camera, as long as its focused on him! 😉
Fantastic! 🙂
Seeing these pictures stimulates many images in my head of cartoons of old … so thanks for causing the smiles.
Yes, The Holler is essentially a daily Hanna-Barbara cartoon!
What a handsome bird! 😀
He agrees with you Hari, as he is quite vain! 😉
Ah yes! I can see that! 😀
He’s really quite a funny bird with his quizzical face and his various poses. I’d quite like to meet him, as he looks most entertaining company!
Roadrunner are so entertaining! They are always up to some mischief. I will be sitting at the table inside and one will leap up to the rafters next to me to snatch a bug or lizard, and don’t even get me going on what they do when they find a snake. Even if the snake is 6 ft long, the roadrunner will vanquish it! They jump into our central courtyard and then don’t know how to get out. They investigate everything we put outside as if it were theirs, which I guess it really is! 😉
What a fun bird! Perhaps I could swap my noisy cranky old seagulls for a roadrunner or two, although I’m not sure my dog would appreciate them in her yard!
Well your dog would be just like Wiley E. Coyote, VERY frustrated! 😉
Such a poseur! And with quite the repertoire of sound effects. I like the cooing one. He’ll be telling friends he’s a superstar now. 🙂
I swear Brad Pitt, that is his name, is putting on even more airs!
Hi Cindy. I have no idea how you feel about re-blogs, but with permission I’d love to re-blog this tomorrow if I may. I just feel like giving back to the community by recognizing all the beauty I see through others. xo
That is incredibly thoughtful of you Belinda and I would be most honored. Thank you my friend and all the best to you always~ <3 <3
That is awesome Cindy! My pleasure!!
<3
What fun 🙂 It’s not every day you get to sing with a roadrunner, Cindy!
This is true, only during courtship and I am pretty sure he does NOT appreciate my errrrr…….input!! 😉 😉
What stunning photographs. I love how close up they are creating the impression of a landscape of fur and folds.
So pleased you like this too! I am fascinated by the texture and appearance of bird feathers. Cheers to you~
How great! I love that bird! So beautiful. (And the blue sky is very flattering for him)!
He (Brad that is, named after his doopleganger Mr. Pitt) perfectly framed himself in the most flattering lighting which proves he is accurately named~