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A roadrunner that got hit by a car... I actually do see the irony in that hehe :P Really beautiful animal BTW, good to see he fully recovered and is back to running roads again. Great job as usual from Martin. Just hope from now on he'll be a bit more careful out there!
I live in Arizona, and we have bird feeders in our backyard, that draws Cardinals, Cactus Wrens, 3 different kinds of woodpeckers, Thrashers, Sparrows, Finches, Mockingbirds, Quail, and many more etc. But over the past month, we have 1 or multiple roadrunners knocking on our sliding glass door as if they wanna come into our house. One was knocking on the glass door, while a 2nd one was laying flat, incognito in our rocks in backyard. I would have never noticed him/her if they didnt lift their head up. Was the most incredible thing Ive ever seen. Especially the one knocking on our sliding glass door. But then, we watched, stunned in amazement how the camouflage roadrunner leaped into the air and snatched a sparrow out of midair, all the while we had a large squirrel on top of our quail block eating, and the other roadrunner still at our door... Was like a scene out of winnie the pooh. Absolutely amazing
I saw a video of two roadrunners mating, and at first I thought it was some AI-modified video of some actual birds made to look more like dinosaurs. Although all birds are close relatives of the dromaeosaurs ("raptors"), some of the morphological features that we think look similar are unfortunately superficial and coincidental. For instance, the dromaeosaurs had a long, bony tail, whereas almost all of the roadrunner's apparent tail length is just feathers. The similar head shape is also somewhat of a coincidence since the dromaeosaurs would have had a snout and not a beak as birds do.
@@sciencecompliance235 I like to see it a bit like convergent evolution! maybe just adaptations a bit different, like it has long feathers for balance instead of a bony tail for a more lightweight body. quite frankly I am really happy that a bird with proportions and silhouette so similar to theropods evolved at all, considering most other ground dwelling birds have wildly different body plans (ostrich, kiwi, cassowary etc.)
So cool I'm from AZ we see them a lot out here - they do get away from cars crossing the road - they tend to check you out when they are around - very curious but distant. Very cool birds!
Maybe you need to come to New Mexico and you will find all kinds of animals reptiles you've seen on books we welcome you to come to New Mexico between Texas and Arizona
I confess; being on the east coast, I'd never seen a road runner before - unless you count Wil E Coyote's nemesis. I'm glad you were able to revive this little fellow.
I hadn't either until I moved into my home with a small wild patch behind my back yard. Now I see them all of the time in my back yard. Although they don't exactly look like MBeep-Beep, it's a good caricature so with just that, the first time I saw one, and saw it walking along the top of my fence, I knew exactly what it was!
Me either and I was saying Beep Beep when he was releasing the gorgeous little thing. The only road runner I was ever familiar with was from the cartoon. They are smaller than I thought they were. But I still keep saying "Beep Beep."
They are stunning to witness when it happens. I was a traveling service man for Sears in the early 2000s in southern Missouri, into Arkansas and occasionally, a road runner would dart across the back highways in front of me - it was surprising and felt like a look back into nearly prehistoric eras. They are quite amazing.
I loved watching them out on the desert in California. So fast and beautiful. I was amazed every time I saw one because they just aren't that easy to spot.
I've never seen a road runner before. Glad they could recover and that they recovered so well! May all road runners stay free, wild and safe out there in their natural habitats. Great release.
50 years of volunterring -- WOW, people like you makes me feel so much better about people. Thank you for working so hard for animals all those year!!!! PS -- luv that collage of birds on the back of your shirt!
This was amazing!!! I love birds! I live in Florida we have so many different species of birds 🐦. I have 2 dinobirds.... Parakeets. I volunteer at the sanctuary down the road from here. 2 bald eagles. Male and female. Both can not fly. Couple of hawks. Owls. Cara Caras. Had a osprey at one point... very stressed bird those ospreys are. Vultures. And my favorite woodpeckers and of course Pelicans and that's just some of my pals! Always had a thing for birds. Even if I am originally a dog person 😁
That was truly amazing. I love how fast Martin is catching the roadrunner. I thought it was kind of funny where he offered the mouse to the roadrunner and then bam he caught it and gave it the mouse. Great work!!! And what a treat I too had never seen a roadrunner like that. Thank you so much for what you and your wife do.
what a beautiful bird! i’ve never seen a roadrunner before. i didn’t know they had those amazing feathers, with the pretty spots and patterns. thank you, as always, for taking good care of him.
They usually run to fast to catch a good glimpse of them. They are very beautiful all the speckled feathers and the crest on top of their head. A lot of detail that I haven't really seen before. Thank you for sharing and saving the baby too.
As others have said, I’ve never seen one that close. Sadly, where I have seen them is chased out of their habitat in the areas East of Phoenix where there’s lots of development going up and moving wild life away to fend elsewhere. Love seeing these guys in the wild. Beautiful bird. 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽❤️🙏🏽
That was cool seeing a real road runner as I've only seen the cartoon one. They remind me of a hoopoe bird I saw in Spain. Love your videos and I learn alot from them. Penny 🇬🇧
I love everyone in this video! I know this is an older one, but I hope everyone is still out there and doing great. Our Heavenly Father is much pleased, of that I can well assure you! Hugs to all from Central Mexico 🤗🇲🇽
I love these people. I hope they go on for ever. I wished i knew they were there when i found a red tailed hawk by the side of the road. I do donate to them often.
I've spent a lot of time with these birds in the wild. They have a lot of character, will eat about anything, and are beautiful to look at. nice to see one getting saved.
They are so fascinating we had road runners where we lived in Texas I’ve actually held one give it a bath let it go on the property and we found out it was a female she made a nest close to the house a couple years that was a treat indeed❣️
I'm in Tucson, AZ and years ago we lived just SE of town and we used to have a roadrunner who regularly visited us. The kids named it Bob :) Such beautiful birds
We have one named Rikki who considers our back yard part of his territory! Such cool birds and so pretty. Thank you for saving this guy! He looked happy to be free!
Gorgeous! I saw a couple of 'em a number of years ago while houseboating in Arizona, Lake Havasu. They really blend well in with the landscape. I think a couple of the wild donkeys flushed them out. Thanks for sharing.
He is absolutely gorgeous! I've never seen one in real life. Susan you make a lovely model for the clothing! Merry Christmas to you both!! Thank you for this fascinating video!💜🎄🎅🎁
So wonderful. I had my doubts looking at how floppy he was, but you absolutely saved this bird's life. I usually have a few in the spring and summer. Watched one jump on my chainlink fence to grab a katydid.
I live in the Sonoran Desert here in Arizona. I had a roadrunner just hanging out in my backyard. yesterday. I enjoyed watching it so much. I'm so glad there are rescue operations out there...helping our wildlife.
Though this roadrunner did look cute, the first time I saw one in the wild, in California's Coachella Valley, it struck me that this critter is a raptor that has changed very little since the time of the dinosaurs. They have the eyes and move like a dedicated killer. I don't know much about their evolution or their social groupings but I got the sense of a very primitive and solitary critter. Thanks for all that you do for the critters who come to your door.
Hi again MARTIN and SUSAN Oh my! Never have seen one and so sad for it to have been hit so hard to do that. Such a cool critter. Another new favorite! So happy he got another chance. Once again many thx Martin... Stay safe warm and healthy.
I really enjoyed watching this video. Roadrunners are one of my favorite birds having lived in the SW most of my life in New Mexico and Southern California. Didn't realize they were as far north as Utah though. Thanks for what you do.
I used to have road runners in my neighborhood until they bulldozed the woods across the street to build houses. Those woods were a crows roost too. I miss them all 😢. The caws sunrise and sunset were spectacular and hilarious!
Thanks to the both of you for sharing nature in a way that most of us will never had the opportunity without you guys. The Roadrunner rescue is one of my favorites!
About fifteen years ago, we had a roadrunner on the roof of our home making mating calls. Later he flew down and got got with about 15-20 feet from him. He didn’t act scared of us. We lived in southwestern Missouri. They used to be plentiful there but haven’t seen one for years.
