phv wrote:
Found! A greater roadrunner in Santa Barbara, whose natural habitat is usually the deserts of the southwest and Mexico. They usually mate for life and can run 20 miles an hour! This one has been hanging out in my backyard and likes my dining table! He is a large bird and his crown can lay flat or flare up. He is (I think it is a male) a beautiful bird.
I think the best photos I've seen of this great bird. Didn't realize the feather colors were so varied. Road Runner cartoons were the rage when i was in college and it prompted me to go to uTube and . . .