Roadrunners are one of our fastest birds…on the ground, doing over 25 MPH!
Posted by: atowhee | November 4, 2021
YOU’D BE CUCKOO NOT TO ADMIRE THIS BIRD
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Towheeblog 
Maybe climate change will have a small bonus: a Greater Roadrunner was seen in Red Bluff 5 days ago… as it gets warmer, we might get to see one across the border in Oregon (actually, one was reported pretty much right on the Oregon-Nevada border about 9 yrs. ago).
By: Karl Schneck on November 4, 2021
at 6:21 pm
THey and Phainopepla and Cal Thrasher may all be headed this way for breeding…after all, thge G-T Grackle has already arrived in Oregon!
By: atowhee on November 5, 2021
at 4:34 pm