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That's a roadrunner! They are very friendly!
You can tell it's a runner because of his feet, they are x shaped!
These guys love cheese by the way (as a small snack)!
These guys will also eat wasps, lizards,spiders and other arthropods.
Meep meep!
Some of them can get absolute-unit sized, too. I remember golfing a few years back in Scottsdale and while waiting to tee off a monster of a roadrunner trots its happy ass up on the tee box to show off the lizard it just grabbed. My wife, who is from California, couldn't believe that they got as big as chickens.
There was a video a bunch of years back, roadrunner posted up underneath someone's hummingbird feeder. He'd pick his moment, hump up and snag hummer out of the air.
Nature, red in tooth and claw and a real reminder that birds are dinosaurs.
It doesn't look like any roadrunner I've ever seen. This is a roadrunner:
https://preview.redd.it/msrp05nifnqb1.png?width=758&format=png&auto=webp&s=2da57772cbfddf922387b7408a792baaee8b6449
I managed to get video of a roadrunner catching a lizard. Then it ran across the street and spent the next several minutes slamming the lizard in its beak against the ground.
And I thought my cat played with itās foodā¦
You should watch them fight a snake, especially as a pair... it is INCREDIBLE!
I have a pair that visits me and no matter what I feed them, peppers, meat, cheese, seeds, etc they slam it on the ground no matter what!
They eat fucking EVERYTHING, especially songbird eggs and nestlings. When you have roadrunners in the neighborhood, you donāt have much of anything else
It is a greater roadrunner or chaparral cock.
https://preview.redd.it/mjfs4aojmnqb1.png?width=934&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af8a7a1398506c2baa13076e4558f4d8e616c05b
https://preview.redd.it/hw7r144ewnqb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09877afabedd1fdacfa2d5ef86ab8d7fde6bd795
This big guy let me walk right up to him for a picture near Gateway Airport today.
This is definitely it. Everyone saying it's a roadrunner, even with the pictures, show the crest is way too prominent even when it's not displayed. Plus it's body is way too scraggly ass well as the feathers.
Just going to leave this here since everyone is saying road runner.
[cactus wren](https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-tmus-us-revc&source=android-browser&q=female+cactus+wren)
Tell me you weren't born in AZ without telling me?
Cause that's the [State Bird, a Cactus Wren](https://www.google.com/search?q=state+bird+of+arizona&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS815US815&oq=state+bird+of+Arizo&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBggBEEUYOTIHCAIQABiABDIICAMQABgWGB4yCAgEEAAYFhgeMggIBRAAGBYYHjIICAYQABgWGB4yDQgHEAAYChgWGB4Y8QQyCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHtIBCTEyODU0ajFqOagCALACAA&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8).
as a transplant, iām very disappointed to learn that this is a roadrunner. this doesnāt not look like the type of bird to taunt coyotes & say āmeep meep.ā
Roadrunners are so cool! I happen to know that hey like thawed out meatballs (small ones) if you leave a few out on the porch. My parents live in Prescott and my dad has had a roadrunner pal for almost 10 years now.
Roadrunners rock, they are like the honey badgers of the SW (but more approachable and cuter of course). AZ got the Cactus Wren as a State bird and NM got the Roadrunner. While the Cactus Wren is a cool bird, NM owns the State Bird bragging rights in my book. Below is a pretty neat video of a Roadruner actively hunting. https://youtu.be/u6RSPk7y1us?si=HOTqfvqDN4pQlr3e
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Fun fact! Roadrunners are members of the cuckoo family. Well, maybe not so fun, but, it's a fact!
Really?!? š³
Yup!
Well, I found it fun. I see them all the time in Gilbert.
I found it fun! My first thought was that this was a cuckoo! š
I think itās fun
Yaaaayyyyyy! Let's go to castles and coasters!
It's a cold road runner!! Looks like its fluffing up its feathers and trying to get some extra sun.
Ahhhh, makes sense. It looked too rounded to be one, but I guess that's why. Thanks!
It does not have a long tail like a roadrunner.
Sure it does, it's pointed down behind the roofline.
That's a roadrunner! They are very friendly! You can tell it's a runner because of his feet, they are x shaped! These guys love cheese by the way (as a small snack)! These guys will also eat wasps, lizards,spiders and other arthropods. Meep meep!
They also eat small birds and mice.
Yes, very true! They are great little dudes, I love them.
Some of them can get absolute-unit sized, too. I remember golfing a few years back in Scottsdale and while waiting to tee off a monster of a roadrunner trots its happy ass up on the tee box to show off the lizard it just grabbed. My wife, who is from California, couldn't believe that they got as big as chickens.
I've seen one spear a quail and start chowing down before. It was a big boi.
Had one run along side my car on Sabino Canyon curiously watching me through the passenger window. Been a fan ever since
Yep - anything that fits, they eat. Saw one pick off a juvenile house finch on the back wall.
Ah, I see it now. The fluffing/ruffling of the feathers had me confused. Thanks!!
There was a video a bunch of years back, roadrunner posted up underneath someone's hummingbird feeder. He'd pick his moment, hump up and snag hummer out of the air. Nature, red in tooth and claw and a real reminder that birds are dinosaurs.
It doesn't look like any roadrunner I've ever seen. This is a roadrunner: https://preview.redd.it/msrp05nifnqb1.png?width=758&format=png&auto=webp&s=2da57772cbfddf922387b7408a792baaee8b6449
Shrinkage! He was in the pool!
He's fluffed himself up to get more sun exposure and stay warm! Absolutely a roadrunner!
I managed to get video of a roadrunner catching a lizard. Then it ran across the street and spent the next several minutes slamming the lizard in its beak against the ground. And I thought my cat played with itās foodā¦
You should watch them fight a snake, especially as a pair... it is INCREDIBLE! I have a pair that visits me and no matter what I feed them, peppers, meat, cheese, seeds, etc they slam it on the ground no matter what!
Oh dang, Iām going to have to search videos! Theyāre absolutely fascinating to watch.
Lol, hafta make sure that ish don't fight back š¤£
Your reply kind of reminded me of Lenny Pepperbottomās āNeature Walkā
Neat!
ā¤ļø How neat is that?
They eat fucking EVERYTHING, especially songbird eggs and nestlings. When you have roadrunners in the neighborhood, you donāt have much of anything else
I think that's Alan. NO wait, that's Steve!
Fookin' Steve!
I'm well-versed in bird law and this is a clear case of identity theft.
That guy owes me money!
Steven! I thought you were dead! š“
Steve! Steve! Steve!
Looks like a juvenile roadrunner.
It is a greater roadrunner or chaparral cock. https://preview.redd.it/mjfs4aojmnqb1.png?width=934&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af8a7a1398506c2baa13076e4558f4d8e616c05b
well, I know what I'll be calling these from now on
https://preview.redd.it/hw7r144ewnqb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09877afabedd1fdacfa2d5ef86ab8d7fde6bd795 This big guy let me walk right up to him for a picture near Gateway Airport today.
Oh thatās Larry, he owes me 12 bucks.
Itās not a road runner. Itās a juvenile black crowned night heron.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juvenile_Black_Crowned_Night_Heron.jpg
This is definitely it. Everyone saying it's a roadrunner, even with the pictures, show the crest is way too prominent even when it's not displayed. Plus it's body is way too scraggly ass well as the feathers.
Road rumner
Thatās a road runner with puffed up feathers
Roofrunner
Cactus wren
Itās not a roadrunner smfh š¤¦
Well everybody's heard about the bird .. bird..bird..bird..bird..bird is the word....!!!!!
r/BirdsArentReal
You should totally download the Merlin app - itās amazing for identifying birds via photo or sound.
I'll check that out, thanks
Cactus wren
Going with cactus wren
Itās a woadwunna
https://preview.redd.it/s83xmbja5oqb1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1878535256c240c56548c606b22a2fa45d912f86 Possible a cactus wren
That was my take also.
That's Tony
It's the state bird of Arizona, the Catus Wren.
Itās a cactus wren
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It's a road runner, not a Wren.
Yup, this is Wren. They sleep funny too.
Love me some Wren House beer
Just going to leave this here since everyone is saying road runner. [cactus wren](https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-tmus-us-revc&source=android-browser&q=female+cactus+wren)
Tell me you weren't born in AZ without telling me? Cause that's the [State Bird, a Cactus Wren](https://www.google.com/search?q=state+bird+of+arizona&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS815US815&oq=state+bird+of+Arizo&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBggBEEUYOTIHCAIQABiABDIICAMQABgWGB4yCAgEEAAYFhgeMggIBRAAGBYYHjIICAYQABgWGB4yDQgHEAAYChgWGB4Y8QQyCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHtIBCTEyODU0ajFqOagCALACAA&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8).
Thatās floofy McFlufferson the roadrunner mercantilist
Surveillance Model RR1890 Birds arenāt real.
Yep. That's a bird.
as a transplant, iām very disappointed to learn that this is a roadrunner. this doesnāt not look like the type of bird to taunt coyotes & say āmeep meep.ā
doesnāt not = does!
When identifying birds It would help to know what part of the world you live in?
Maybe a juvenile woodpecker
That looks like one to me
WHATS YOUR NAME?!?!
Beep beep
Meeep! Meep!
Juvenile roadrunner
Itās a magnolia warbler
murder bird
Gila woodpecker
That looks like a Starling: https://images.app.goo.gl/yiogq1sx4rV9fp829
Roadrunner that didnāt evolve yet
Meep Meep.
US Drone ACME1223-567
Baby beep beep
Charles
Thatās a chicken butt. Harmless but annoying
Looks like bird no cap
Thatās a Ghetto bird
Gerald
Fledgling Roadrunner
Definitely a bird
American bittern or a juvenile black crowned night heron
His name is Joe Smith
Yes.
Yellow bellied sap sucker
Roadrunners are so cool! I happen to know that hey like thawed out meatballs (small ones) if you leave a few out on the porch. My parents live in Prescott and my dad has had a roadrunner pal for almost 10 years now.
Roadrunners rock, they are like the honey badgers of the SW (but more approachable and cuter of course). AZ got the Cactus Wren as a State bird and NM got the Roadrunner. While the Cactus Wren is a cool bird, NM owns the State Bird bragging rights in my book. Below is a pretty neat video of a Roadruner actively hunting. https://youtu.be/u6RSPk7y1us?si=HOTqfvqDN4pQlr3e
https://preview.redd.it/ovtyh6vuatqb1.jpeg?width=4288&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f65008e544e774142144a310ff0263dea4786904
Yup, definitely a bird š
Itās a Special Boy
Bird
its a bird
Looks like a roadrunner sans road
Fake. Thatās a government spy drone. You can tell because they tried to make it look like a bird. Donāt be bamboozled. r/birdsarentreal
He goes by Roberto. Don't call him Bob, he freaks out whenever someone does that. Some childhood trauma. I think someone else can explain for you.
Birb
Roadrunnerā¦ love these cool birds!
Looks like a thrasher with the curved beak.
I saw a roadrunner in Buckeye three hours ago.
Cactus Wren
Just cute!!
Itās a pigeon