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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Wile E. Coyote

On our recent visit to my son and his family in Phoenix, Arizona, I had a flashback to the favorite cartoon of my misspent youth. It was The Roadrunner. Due to the kind generosity of Tony’s in-laws, Jack and Barb, we got to stay in their winter home in the Mesa area. Right on fairway number 2 as it were {Sunset view from the patio}



The day in question we had noted the neighborhood was overrun with long eared jack rabbits. They were everywhere. We had also visited a local arboretum with Tony, Kari and the grandchildren . There I managed to add a roadrunner to my "life list" of birds.
Exhausted, we slept in the next day and just as the sun was coming up, I heard a siren going by along with a series of loud howls and yips. This was a familiar scenario because at home my big GSD Baron does this whenever the fire engine goes by. Half awake I thought I was home until Mrs. T poked me in the ribs mumbling "what’s that?" Grabbing my camera I rushed outside on the patio to see a pack of coyotes emerge from between the house and the neighbors. They were headed out onto the golf course, presumably after the ever-present jackrabbits or maybe even an elusive roadrunner. Arizona. There’s some wild things going on down there!

13 comments:

  1. I looked closely, but didn't see any Acme rockets....
    I'm more or less on your heels, in Indio CA right now, heading over to N. Arizona in a couple days.
    Cheers

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  2. Strange to see those coyotes on the golf course. I am used to them hanging out on our backwoods farm. Guess they needed a snack...

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  3. I saw my first and only roadrunner in 1980 when I drove cross country with my brother. It ran across the highway in front of us while we were driving to the Meteor Crater. Oh, do I envy you your leisure. It is wonderful to see someone enjoying retirement because they have interests and great hobbies.

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  4. Those coyotes are very urbanized, aren't they. Keep your beloved pets indoors at night! Did you get a pic of the Roadrunner?

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  5. I loved Roadrunner as well. Can't wait for the next installment.

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  6. I have never seen a Roadrunner! Maybe I will when we visit our kids in southern Utah.

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  7. Glad you saw your first Roadrunner. They are really interesting birds. The Roadrunner is our state's (New Mexico) bird and I think that the coyote ought to be our state's canine. Here's a You Tube with both a coyote and a roadrunner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxYUS_shPfo&feature=related

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  8. Those coyotes are very brave..I would be afraid of them..for small children and small animals too..I suppose they were after the Jack Rabbits..did you hear any of the rabbit death wails..scary:(

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  9. Love Bugs Bunny cartoons! I always cheer for Wile E. Coyote rather than the Roadrunner...is that wrong???

    ;)

    Hope you are having a happy November my friend!
    xo Catherine

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  10. Roadrunner was one of my favorites as well. I'm glad you got a picture of the coyotes, but I didn't see Wile among them. Perhaps Roadrunner dropped a huge boulder on his head and he couldn't keep up.

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  11. We have a couple roadrunner who live here. We don't see 'em much in the summers but in the winter they'll come to the house and try to catch my songbirds.

    They had an offspring who was about two sandwiches short of a picnic who'd catch a lizard and run into the glass on our french doors. Poor thing would do this over and over.

    Great pictures...once again.

    God bless and have a wonderful weekend!!! :o)

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  12. Very cool! My Stella used to howl at sirens too - I loved that sound. Sometimes we forget our dogs descended from wolves.

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  13. Great photos. I have a brother that has lived there in Mesa for 40 years. We have coyotes around our prairie town as well as foxes. We hear them call more in the summer than any other time. Looks like they have a rabbit problem and a coyote problem.

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