#206786 - 05/04/08 09:47 PM
greater road runner
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cricket
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Loc: Texas
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I'm not a big bird person, but last year we spotted a greater road runner. never knew something like that existed! huge bird, clumbsy flyer...more of a jumper or hopper. I kept saying he looks like a road runner but he's SO big. Looked up large road runner...and sure enough...that was what he was. we only saw him the one day, but I always wonder if we'll ever see him again???
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#206971 - 05/05/08 07:46 PM
Re: greater road runner
[Re: Thornius]
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porter57
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Registered: 03/09/06
Posts: 213
Loc: st louis mo
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you know thorny,ive watched the influx of armadilloes here in missouri over the
last 15 years or so and it kinda makes me wonder why not roadrunners.
do you think such a thing is possible? i cant really say that global warming is responsible for the armadilloes in missouri but i do know indeed that they are here. what could keep roadrunners from following suit? and ive begun to see
scorpions here as well as far north as 30 miles from st louis.it truly amazes me to see this migration so far from thier previous homes.
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#207035 - 05/06/08 08:25 AM
Re: greater road runner
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suzydaze
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Registered: 08/03/04
Posts: 2983
Loc: Arkansas
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tho I never noticed you were from Tenn,
I've been getting armadillo's in my yard for like 3 years now. I hate the holes they dig
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#207041 - 05/06/08 10:26 AM
Re: greater road runner
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loz
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Registered: 05/18/03
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Loc: Beautiful Western Maryland...z...
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I didn't know roadrunners really existed! 
Just googled a pic of one, I had a picture in my head of the Road Runner with Wile. E. Coyote. 
We have Coyotes here, although most people will tell you we don't. Mark found their den last year.....luckily it was empty.
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#207060 - 05/06/08 11:24 AM
Re: greater road runner
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loz
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Can they run fast?
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#207067 - 05/06/08 11:42 AM
Re: greater road runner
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cricket
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Registered: 04/03/08
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Loc: Texas
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I never realized road runners were so local to texas. if you think they are a funny looking bird look up 'GREATER Roadrunner'. they are as big as a buzzard. the day I spotted the 'greater' roadrunner here in the yard I thought we had seen some really rare almost extinct bird.
we have a group of regular road runners that hang out two houses down from us. about half the time we drive down the road we see them. and let me tell you they do run fast and it's a good thing cause they will NOT fly unless they absolutly have too. I still can't pass them with out saying 'beep-beep'!
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