Jonnie Canuck - proud Canadian

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All media collected via Samsung S25 phone

Roadrunners are cool on many levels 😁 On the ground On the seed platform - ground +3 In the seed bowl - ground +4 On the fence - ground +6 Junior or Ravi , behaviors for either, much cooing happening. 10:30 visit #birds

A roadrunner in a backyard by a water bowl in the sun. The bird is looking up into a close-by tree. The roadrunner has jumped up three feet into a seed platform, a blurry juniper is beyond. The roadrunner flew three feet over and one foot up to land in a pink seed bowl. The roadrunner jumped over two feet and up one foot to the top of a blue metal fence.

A 1:50 visit from not BT. More snacks then beak maintenance and down the slope from on the fence. Seems like BT has been taking the late shift but we will be gone late afternoon. Snack bowl is ready. 🪶

Possibly the third visit from a visiting roadrunner it is on the snack table getting large mealworms. We see the left side profile.

12:30 and Junior has apparently been hanging out in the shade of the back patio aka Monarch caterpillar care zone 🦋 It’s hot (maybe not by EU standards 🔥) but it’s 94°f , 34°C so hanging in the shade is good. 2nd pic - scratching an itch on the neck requires opening the beak! #birds roadrunner

A visiting roadrunner is standing in the shade of a backyard patio and is looking away. We can see two orange skin patches showing behind the eyes. The roadrunner stands on one foot as it scratches an itch on its neck. The bird’s open beak points to the sky.

Good move, Junior! It’s hot, a cool drink is a requirement! After the drink, Junior trotted to and through the calibrated fence and down the slope a bit, probably into the shade of the dense acacia bushes in the ‘common area’ between us and the houses down the slope.

Visiting roadrunner stands next to a clay water bowl in partial shade under a tree. The roadrunner dips its beak into cool fresh water in a clay bowl on this hot day.

A 5 o’clock visit from not BT. I’m thinking Junior but not sure. A couple trips to the snack bowl, drinks from the water bowl, up in the seed bowl , they all do like that then zoom to the side yard where the tortoises are, I think for a dust bath but I did not intrude 😉 #birds roadrunner SoCal

A roadrunner is up on a snack table looking at which mealworm to get first. A closeup of roadrunner legs for later review. Roadrunner is standing in a clay seed bowl on a post looking up at the sky.

It’s a BT carousel! Wonky feather is still there so earlier visits today were probably Junior. 1-4, BT brought the big appetite 5, shins closeup for later 6, Short bake out 7-8, maybe molting, lots of preening scratching going on #birds

Swipe or drag left and right for the carousel. It’s ‘not BT’ (unless the wonky feather is gone 😬) visiting from 10:40 to 11:10. 1-3, at the snack bowl 4, off for a drink 5, standoff with dove and roadrunner on the seed platform 6-7, contemplating jumping up to the platform again #birds roadrunner