A Comical Bird

Sunday, I took a little hike in a nearby hiking park, Calavera Hills.  I took a faint trail down the steep backside of a little peak where I spotted a large bird plunge into the brush.  After a few minutes, it emerged into a little clearing.  At that pint, I realized it was a roadrunner. 

You can barely see it in the center of this picture.  Moments later, it flew down the hill into some brush.  I thought I would use my iPhone to make a roadrunner call (Chirp U.S.A.) on the chance it would draw it closer.

Wow, it worked!  It came as close as about 12 feet from me, and kept turning its head from side to side checking me out..  I probably was a disappointment, as I learned later the call was a mating call.  The roadrunner did make a rapid clacking sound with its bill. 

Roadrunner in action!