Greater Roadrunner

Not very colorful, but oh so comical.

You don't have to be fan of the Roadrunner cartoon to be enamored with the carryings-on of the Greater Roadrunner.

All birds spend a good portion of their day searching for food, but the Greater Roadrunner always LOOKS to be LOOKING for food. He has an intensity of purpose to his look you cannot deny.

Catching critters like roaches is a piece of cake for the Greater Roadrunner.

Taking care to NOT become someone else's lunch is a major concern. As fast as he appears in the cartoons, a willy coyote is twice as fast.  The speedy ground hugging Greater Roadrunner is a not-so-adept flyer.

Allan

Credits: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds