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A Sunday morning cartoon memory

10,000 Birds

The Greater Roadrunner , a member of the cuckoo family, is native to much of the Southwestern United States, and northern Mexico. They are quite capable of killing and eating the venomous rattlesnakes of this desert region. Coyote for keeping this great bird as popular as it is! Thank you ACME and Wiley E.

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California Quail, The California State Bird: Now Forming Coveys

10,000 Birds

They are part of a family of New World Quail which includes Gambel’s, Mountain, Scaled and Montezuma Quail, as well as the Northern Bobwhite. The family stays very close to cover for several weeks, getting bolder as the young develop. The family group pictured below has been visiting my yard recently.