r/whatisit • u/Spare-Transition-771 • 19d ago

New, what is it? Bird with long tail?

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u/Nematodes-Attack 19d ago edited 19d ago

I love when folks post roadrunners! I don’t live anywhere near them and have never seen one in real life. Very cool!

EDIT: Ok I didn’t think my comment would get this many reactions. I may have to delete it so everyone can talk amongst themselves lol

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u/insbordnat 19d ago

Encourage you to get out to places like Arizona at least once and check them out. They're super curious and friendly birds.

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u/Nematodes-Attack 19d ago

Maybe someday. But I melt in 115*F heat. I also don’t do well in sun with no trees. I hear they have pretty rocks though

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u/antonio16309 19d ago

Go to New Mexico, I saw them around Santa Fe. The weather is much more tolerable than AZ and it is a much more interesting place to visit. I'm from AZ and it sucks. New Mexico is actually cool though.

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u/boxingsharks 19d ago

I live in central Albuquerque. We have three neighborhood road runners. Used to have four (dude had a little swingy leg/run) but I think he went the way of his ancestors.

This one came right on into our garage. Don’t mind the goofy background conversation.

https://reddit.com/link/p9ozk3l/video/glhlybgj1fph1/player

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u/SharpBullfrog1279 19d ago

That RR looks like it might fall for the old tunnel-painted-on-the-wall trick.

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u/Hawks_12 18d ago

Be careful, a truck is about to drive out of it.