batemanhl's Identifications

As I was approaching the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center I saw a pair of roadrunners trying to eat a baby rabbit. One was distracting the mother while the other chased down the baby. The baby seemed too big for the roadrunner to deal with, and it ended with a passing group of tourists scaring off both the roadrunners and the mother and leaving the baby hiding in a corner outside the visitor center. The rangers were notified and cordoned off the corner, the mother was lingering in the area and hopefully returned once people were not longer constantly passing by. I was only able to get photos of the aftermath, the rest are screen captures from a video.

Adult rabbit: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218832055
Roadrunner: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218832059

As I was approaching the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center I saw a pair of roadrunners trying to eat a baby rabbit. One was distracting the mother while the other chased down the baby. The baby seemed too big for the roadrunner to deal with, and it ended with a passing group of tourists scaring off both the roadrunners and the mother and leaving the baby hiding in a corner outside the visitor center. The rangers were notified and cordoned off the corner, the mother was lingering in the area and hopefully returned once people were not longer constantly passing by. I was only able to get photos of the aftermath, the rest are screen captures from a video.

Adult rabbit: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218832055
Baby rabbit: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218832054