First post (thanks Andy)

Dani

Heres a Roadrunner from the Ft Worth Zoo. Very sad to see such a brilliant bird stuck behind glass. Theres alot of intelligence behind those eyes.



Dani

Andy

dani's in the house!

Dani wrote:

Heres a Roadrunner from the Ft Worth Zoo. Very sad to see such a brilliant bird stuck behind glass. Theres alot of intelligence behind those eyes.


Dani

welcome to dgrin, dani! thanks for joining (i can be persuasive, eh?) this is a great shot of a roadrunner!

everyone, dani is a very very cool photographer, great woman, better looking and funnier than wxwax

seriously, looking forward to your contributions here, your wonderful infrared work, macros, landscapes, and critters!

don't forget the challenges, too. the current challenge is "in your house" and it's all explained in the challenges thread.

GREAPER

Welcome Dani, some great stuff in your galleries. I am looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.

PS, great shot on the roadrunner.

Nir

Dani wrote:

Heres a Roadrunner from the Ft Worth Zoo. Very sad to see such a brilliant bird stuck behind glass. Theres alot of intelligence behind those eyes.


Dani

Hi Dani and welcome aboard!
Beautiful photo! (I'm not sure about the intelligence though )

gubbs

andy wrote:

..... better looking and funnier than wxwax

Not much of a reference!

Welcome to DGrin Dani

wxwax

hi Dani! Lovely shot. And I like the story you tell. I'm with you about zoos... I have mixed feelings about animals in captivity.

pathfinder

Hey Dani
Great to have you here!! You have some lovely images on your hoempage. I really like your road-runner too , but they do not have to be zoo animals. Mine was shot in Bosque Del Apache in New Mexico
I also liked the Audi TT shots

Dani

Thanks All!

Pathfinder, nice shot! I used to live in Albuquerque (and farmington before and after that) and my apartment complex and the college campus was crawling with roadrunners. Never did take any photos of them though : that was way before I owned a digicam.

No roadrunners that I've seen out here in oklahoma

for Nir (about intelligence) I have a story (kinda graphic)

I was on campus one day taking a break before class and noticed a bunch of rabbits on the grounds. So I'm watching all these little rabbits hopping around and grazing but I noticed one furrball that wasn't moving.. it just seemed curled up really tight. So I'm watching as another rabbit hops up to this curled up furball... when the furball went into action! It wasn't a rabbit at all... it was a roadrunner, curled up in an ambush ball. It waited for a rabbit to get close then it jumped up, wings outspread and pounded the rabbit to death with its feet. Then it picked it up and carried it off. :eek1

It was a tactical ambush lol. I talked with a friend who used to work with predatory birds and he's never heard of one doing that before. Smart birds

ok thats it for my story

pathfinder wrote:

Hey Dani
Great to have you here!! You have some lovely images on your hoempage. I really like your road-runner too , but they do not have to be zoo animals. Mine was shot in Bosque Del Apache in New Mexico
I also liked the Audi TT shots

Stan

Hey you have an Argus PerezDesignGroup Showed some of his shots with his Argus, sounds like fun

pathfinder

Dani wrote:

Thanks All!
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I was on campus one day taking a break before class and noticed a bunch of rabbits on the grounds. So I'm watching all these little rabbits hopping around and grazing but I noticed one furrball that wasn't moving.. it just seemed curled up really tight. So I'm watching as another rabbit hops up to this curled up furball... when the furball went into action! It wasn't a rabbit at all... it was a roadrunner, curled up in an ambush ball. It waited for a rabbit to get close then it jumped up, wings outspread and pounded the rabbit to death with its feet. Then it picked it up and carried it off. :eek1

It was a tactical ambush lol. I talked with a friend who used to work with predatory birds and he's never heard of one doing that before. Smart birds

ok thats it for my story

That is kind of interesting - I was surprised when I shot the images of the roadrunner how unconcerned it was - It would let me get within 5 feet of it without any apparent alarm. Predators are like that sometimes..... I didn't realize they ate rabbits though.

Dani

hey cool! I took a look and replied hehe.


I love my little argus.. it sure is a heck of alot of fun!!!

especially when it only cost me 6 bucks for camera and leather case hehe

Stan wrote:

Hey you have an Argus PerezDesignGroup Showed some of his shots with his Argus, sounds like fun

jwear

great shot
welcome the shot thru glass ? that is not easy and you would never know and the ball story i have never heard of one doing that ever .I will have to tell that one to some friends .a very interesting bird the road running thanks for the pic and story .


















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gubbs

pathfinder wrote:

That is kind of interesting - I was surprised when I shot the images of the roadrunner how unconcerned it was - It would let me get within 5 feet of it without any apparent alarm. Predators are like that sometimes..... I didn't realize they ate rabbits though.

They eat rabbits?? I didn't even realise they were predatory, but we don't see too many roadrunners over here!

PerezDesignGroup

Dani wrote:

hey cool! I took a look and replied hehe.


I love my little argus.. it sure is a heck of alot of fun!!!

especially when it only cost me 6 bucks for camera and leather case hehe

I paid $3 but shipping was a whopping $6! That bad boy weighed in at nearly 3lbs. I still remember the look on everyone's face around me whenever I whipped that camera out.