From the archive: This story originally published in 2018 for Desert Magazine. No bird is so odd and well known as the roadrunner. Unlike most birds with which we are familiar, a roadrunner runs ...

One of the most famous and beloved birds of the Southwest is the Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus). These birds are about two feet long from the tip of their bill to the tip of their tail.

No bird is so odd and well known as the roadrunner. Unlike most birds with which we are familiar, a roadrunner runs rather than flies, readily embraces humans and, as a predator, feeds on some of the ...