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WC 449 raptor wild/RR captive
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WC 449 raptor wild/RR captive

by Lucy VanSwearingen

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted September 14, 201091 views3 comments
This is a roadrunner, a bird who stays on the ground. Opposite of a raptor...bird of the air. Also, RR is captive, hawk is wild

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3 comments
Comment posted by Paul Duval on September 14, 2010 at 7:54 PM
Not like the cartoon Roadrunner at all. Now he doesn't have to worry about Wiley E. Coyote super genius. Great eye contact and detail in the bird Lucy. Well done.

Paul
Registered on June 30, 2009, 508 Posts, 1907 Comments
Comment posted by Rob Graham on September 14, 2010 at 9:14 PM
nice photo of my favorite (but wild) subject since May :)
Registered on August 22, 2006, 842 Posts, 2824 Comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on September 16, 2010 at 2:50 AM
Great, now ill be hearing 'beep beep' in my sleep... :razz:
Nice portrait, Lucy, and ill buy your opposites rationale. :smile:
Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments