I've been hiking the desert ravine below our Albuquerque, NM, housing subdivision, entering the desert ravine at the park, hiking back up the valley, and climbing the almost vertical water culvert to my cul-de-sac.

After over a month of daily hikes, I noticed many of the local fauna now ignore me.

Curve-billed thrashers continue adding sticks to their nests, or digging for insects when I'm standing a few feet away, and tiny white-tailed antelope squirrels scamper around, sunbathe and groom.

When they see me, greater roadrunner males glance up, make their weird bill-clacking "family greeting" sound, then resume activities.

Yesterday, the greater roadrunner pair whose territory includes our yard actually accompanied me during my final climb up the culvert.

The male perched on the fence next to me, preening, and the female walked down the wooden cross beam, nearly bumping into me.

Pics:
female greater roadrunner walking on fence beam, Albuquerque, NM

White-tailed antelope squirrel doing its morning grooming.