Roadrunners are relatively rare here, which is why with three quick sightings I think I’ve been seeing the same bird. First it showed up on Landlady’s ridge. Next day in my yard, and then later that afternoon I saw it or one just like it about half a mile away.
Someday I’m gonna blow $100 on another decent camera, then kill it in six months like all the others.
Somebody gave me a melon that had dried up in a fridge, and I tossed it to the girls.
I wouldn’t say they were appreciative, but at least they were enthusiastic.
Oh, I do miss the roadrunners! We don’t seem to have them here in Wyoming at all. When I lived in Lucerne Valley, CA, people bought hamburger and other meat specifically to feed them, and one or two folks I knew often had large numbers of the strange birds around almost all the time. They are greedy, very smart, and bold as brass. Do not try to offer a meat ball to one with your bare hands. That beak is like a dagger.