My wife and I love Roadrunners! If you don't see them in the winter for about a month it's because of their unusual hibernation. They can go into hibernation and out of hibernation in a short time. Roadrunners need calcium, so I advise everyone to NOT feed them unless you add calcium to the food. We normally offer them their favorite food-hamburger-with calcium added. Calcium is necessary so their chicks don't get Ricketts. We go to the pet shops and get real cuttlebone and grind it, then add it to the hamburger. Their is a cuttlebone-type we never buy. It's hard like Plaster of Paris. Only buy the real cuttlebone.

Our roadrunners are as tame as any wild thing can be. They come into our house because that's where the food is. They sit on our knee and on our shoulders. But remember to always guard your eyes. And remember you can never touch them. They are wild birds. They are the rulers. They look at us as their entertainment.

Your photos are wonderful! I would like to get them in the grassy areas like you do, however we are in the CA desert. More people should show their photos of them often.

One of our friends quickly tried to grab one and I rapidly reprimanded him because we never harass them because we want to keep them here. We had a Cooper's Hawk up in a tree wasting for a roadrunner to nee below and rapidly came stairght down. End of the roadrunner! None of them came back for a couple months. When one day one returned, enjoyed hamburger then left. We've been waiting for the weather to warm to see if we will have roadrunners again.