Remember the great Loony Tunes cartoon Wile.E Coyote and Beep Beep Roadrunner? The smug Wile E was always on the chase trying to capture the elusive Roadrunner. I know I spent hours following the antics of these two high energized characters. See short video below for a quick smile!
Here in Albuquerque and New Mexico the Roadrunner is the real deal, they look almost nothing like the cartoon portrays however they are fast on their feet running up to 18 miles per hour. And can certainly outrun and out maneuver a coyote.
The Roadrunner is New Mexico’s State Bird. Primarily living in the American Southwest they
have spotted and feathered bodies and quite long tails. The bird is actually part of the cuckoo family. This bird is well quipped to kill and eat rattlesnake where most birds would be the prey.
Roadrunners drink very little and get most of their water from their foods. This bird is about 20” long from beak to tail and can have a wingspan of about the same. The bird resides in grasslands, deserts and wooded areas. They can easily tolerate the hot desert days and cold winter nights.
The Roadrunner is a scavenger and will eat a variety of foods including rodents, lizards, bugs, small birds, eggs, fruit etc. Roadrunners are very quick and can actually snatch a Hummingbird out of the air Ole Wile.E never had a chance! While feeding young you will often see the Roadrunner with a dead lizard or snake in its beak as it navigates back to the nest. The bird does fly but only for quick burst and usually in an escape mode.
Here is a short video to take you down memory lane, here Coyote actually catches Roadrunner.
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Life is good!
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