I have been away from consworld, photographing life in and around Castroville, Texas. It was hot, hot, hot and I am happy to be back home. The running rooster was one of the first images I made on the trip, but the rooster wasn’t the only bird running around on the farm.

This chaparral bird, or roadrunner, was roaming about gathering plant material. I’ve read the nest is made of sticks, but this bird was gathering softer green plants, perhaps to line a nest(?).