Our pet roadrunners
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2016
- Every afternoon for the past couple years we hand feed roadrunners that come up on our deck to visit. This time, the adult male brought his lunch with him, but still wanted to garnish it with some raw hamburger. The other bird is the son who was born a few months ago and quickly caught on that free handouts were available from the humans on the deck.
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My stress level dropped 3 points watching this
A roadrunner that normally walks around our yard and sometimes goes into the garage, showed up with a broken leg. She (I think) hopped up on one leg looking for help.
I fed her about a hundred water beetles (sprinkler box)
We got mealworms and more water beetles.
Her leg is improving.
No wildlife rescue would help so we're doing the best we can.
The male broke his leg. We fed him all the raw hamburger he could eat when he would show up. We observed the female would bring him food also. The leg did heal Thank God. I cried when we saw him. It has a distinct knot where the bread was located. Easy to identify him now.
God bless you for helping him/ her
@@rblauson Happy to report the roadrunner's leg healed. She does have a slight limp but is still running around the desert! A happy ending!
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Hey Chris that’s awesome !
I’m really happy you guys are obviously looking out for these really cool and really bizarre incredible animals !
Good on you guys
🥴🥺
I wouldn't be surprised if there were a flattened coyote near by. Ha ha!
Those birds sre highly perceptive. U must be good people. They are like raven and crows . Once they know they can trust you . They will be friendly for life.
best thing about them is you're guaranteed not to have any snakes nearby
I love the tail feathers wagging😂❤.
In native culture my grandmother always told me that it was lucky to see a roadrunner. Well done.
Yes! I was told that and also read that. They are such beautiful creatures.
Those Roadrunners are going to turn into Roadwalkers.
If I had Roadrunners around my home I would put a pan of water out for them daily. They are great snake killers including Rattlesnakes ! Awesome video !
They actually get their water from the protein sources they consume. Not a bad idea.
What a beautiful moment, the roadrunners do look like cute velociraptors!
yea they're somewhat similar, they're both small, both live in deserts, and they both ran around the same speed, and their feathers were probably similarly colored
WOW!!!! Thank you for sharing!!
I was driving back to Phoenix to return my rental car last week and I saw a roadrunner pop up from behind some large boulders. I was so excited to see one as I had never seen one before, so much so that I yelled out, "roadrunner!!!!" in my empty car. 😂
LOL They are soo beautiful
Your car was not empty. You were in it.
@@itsme-rt7nz I bet you're fun at parties.
@@itsme-rt7nz Also, your username is missing an apostrophe.
@@dustintravis8791 So sorry that I offended you Dustin. I didn't mean to criticize. I meant my comment playfully. I should have added a winky emoji at the end. 😉 I will be more careful about how I say stuff in the future.
Awesome, they seriously remind me of velociraptors.
No surprise. Both Dinosauria. Velociraptors might even have been secondarily flightless birds!
Yes, an 'ancient' quality I've only seen in Pileated woodpeckers otherwise. Awesome to have these incredible birds as guests.
I have been saying that for years. I live in Scottsdale and I see them all the time. They move so much like the movie Velociraptors and they are not all cute and cuddly as this father and son. I've seen them hunt and kill all kinds of prey and believe me, Roadrunners are extremely violent killing machines. Lizards large and small, snakes both poison and not. Once they have their prey, they proceed to violently beat it on the ground until is dead. They like other birds the best though. Roadrunners are my favorite ground bird by far. So it's funny that I too have been calling them little velociraptors or years.
Evolution is a cruel bitch. At one point you're a tiny voracious reptile and then you're a little bird that becomes a popular looneytoons character...
I'm cool with foot-high v-raptors. No bigger tho...
Born/raised in Yerington Nevada. Wait till the scorpions train you! Wake up, shake out boots. State flower? Sagebrush.
Just have a black light on when you go to the bathroom and you can spot them .....lol
Such a beatiful bird. Meep meep ..
The pair are beautiful. The male is a chatter box.
aww he even wags his tail
Love Road Runners.
Oh! Just got to 1:47 in the video. You captured courting behavior! The male will bring food as an offering to the female. His tail was going back and forth as well as up and down. Mating dance. You interrupted his show. ha! The female had dropped her head and opened her beak. I think she was going to accept the food he brought her.
I'm sure he tried again later. They're very persistent. I've been watching them in the field across from my RV at sunset. Really interesting birds.
You are correct. He's a lover LOL
one of these things hang out in my back yard here in texas, it likes to catch grasshoppers, but i like having it around to scare away timber rattlers and copperheads
They also eat them...
I think they must like listening to people talk to them. The bird sure did like showing off his bug
LOL. It's part of his mating ritual for the companion. He will feed it to her after copulation.
He wants some dipping sauce lol.
LOL So true
They love you.
Opportunitist!!! With a little trust Lol
Thank you for sharing this wonderment.
Wow!
Amazing!
❤❤❤
They're basically beaked velociraptors.
Wow. No words to explain it.
BEAUTIFUL.
Thanks a lot 😊
@@angelahulslander3235 :
Greetings from North Texas.
ROAD RUNNER IS REAL! Thank you for this lovely video. I thought Road Runner was only a cartoon character.
I have noticed that crows respond when you talk to them - neighbors probably think I’m a crazy old guy LOL. But these birds are responding just like crows do. Cool.
One old crow to another I guess.
As an AZ native, I approve of this video.
Such a special moment and they really liked it when you were talking to them.
One of the most New Mexican things I have seen in a good minute.
seriously, or a Southern Utah thing
You are very lucky ! Those beautiful and enigmatic birds trust on you.
SUPER cute! meepmeep :)
Omnivores! Beautiful facial colors!
Teeny tiny dinosaurs!
I think he likes the ladies voice
That roadrunner came by just to show off the hawk moth he caught. 😂
I love roadrunners! I've seen them here in California since I was a kid and I get the same pleasure watching them all these years later as I did the first time.
Beautiful creatures. Love their individual personalities. lol
After living in southern California for forty years, only seen one once or twice.
@@norwegianblue2017I've seen up to six at once around the base of the hills behind Palomar College.
Wow, they are really pretty birds up close. I like the stripe by their eyes. Their mannerisms make them fun to watch too. I like when they were bowing to each other and how they twiddle their tails. I had no idea that they actually kill rattlesnakes too, very brave and fast. Great video, that would be fun having them around.
Thank you. They are neat birds.
This is awesome
Gorgeous birds. ❤
thought those things where only in cartoons ..really good to see them in real life .thank you terrific
Love these birds. I remember feeding them orange slices in Anza Borrego.
You are fortunate to have such visitors. A most handsome bird species, and unique. The ones i saw downrange whilst working at KAFB took small, short duration flights interspersed with running. Very cool to watch.
Thank you. They are soo beautiful!!!
We live in New Mexico and have a couple roadrunners that regularly visit for a treat. They actually make different sounds. If one of the birds sees me in the back yard, he will come running and make a meep meep sound with each step like he's saying "hello". They also make clicking sounds and will let out a puff of air at times. Before we lost our dog one roadrunner would wait for her to come out, let the dog chase him and fly up onto the shed roof and make clicking sounds like "ha ha you lose again"! One winter one roosted overnight in a rolled up awning every night and be gone at daybreak. When I'd let the dog out after dark I'd tell her to be quiet and let Rodney sleep. She never disturbed him. Come spring I expected to have a mess to clean but there wasn't a dropping on the awning, and I never found any poop on the cement. They are great neighbors.
What a wonderful comment. Thanks for sharing!
Grasshopper: “ I’m glad y’all find this situation humorous “
I haven’t seen a single road runner here in North Texas!😤. The last time I had a sighting was when I lived in NM. Quails and road runners are everywhere there. Never thought I’d say that I miss them.
We have them in Granbury
When I moved to Albq some 20+ years ago, there were lots of quail in my neighborhood. But now the quail are gone. Don't know, but maybe the coyotes got them. Still lots of roadrunners around though. They're in my yard every day.
What a good dinosaur, such a good little dinosaur!
That sound you guys are making is so right on I couldn't tell who was making it. By the way I love the view from your house!
Roadrunner, “Pet? If anything I have trained you to do my legwork.”
nice video, looks like Santa Fe, NM...thank you for uploading, beautiful creatures
Thank you. Rio Rancho
I enjoyed that thanks....upstate NY ( mountains and farms not people/subways) love the outdoors and we have all kinds of animals in the wild,it was great to see your runners on your deck ! Thanks again.
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So awesome!
We had roadrunners and armadillos in our yard in Texas.
Magical.
" *MEEP MEEP* "
That is so awesome! I've been watching a pair in my yard. I have figured out where their nest might be. I just love them! It seems to me the male is pretty hen picked. They are so much fun to watch! I read somewhere that they mate for life, I so hope that is true. And I so badly want to see a baby one. Thanks for sharing your video, I enjoyed it so much
beautiful little dinosaurs
Thank you
Ok... that's crazy for one. Two... its pretty freaking awesome. They obviously feel safe there. My advice... dont try and take it much further. Hand feeding them... amazing but I would limit it. Just having them that close, not sure many people can say the same.
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Blessed!!! Yeppers,,,,, You are! How cool is this. They let us know when their outta water..lol Hamburger huh? Never thought of that. Thanx
This is incredible. We just built our first house and have two roadrunners outside. I would just lose my mind if they would eat out of my hands! How cool!
What beautiful state is this? I love the desert! Beautiful roadrunner!🌟♥️🌟
New Mexico
A state of mind :)
@@ThePrairieChronicles Estimation of location please. Thank you
@@Special-Delivery57 New Mexico is a beautiful place. I consider it a state of mind as well as a U.S. state.
All the south-west is a beautiful place. 😍
@@ThePrairieChronicles It’s the main location I’ve decided to move to next. Thank you
What a beautiful view! I just saw a roadrunner in our backyard & I live in Dallas.. I didn't realize they were around here. It was hollering at our cats. lol Their beautiful birds!
Absolutely amazing
So cool! We have a resident runner too, but he stays pretty incognito in the brush most of the time. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Hamburger is OK to feed them on occasion. But NOT during breeding seasons, or when they are feeding offspring. The offspring will not get the proper nutrients from hamburger diets and may end up with malformed/weakened bones and other health issues. If you're going to feed them, dried mealworms are a healthier alternative.
Nice video. Thanks for sharing
Very cool 😎 thanks
Glad you enjoyed them
Wow that is amazing, my wife and i love road runners so much, coolest birds ever
My cat Stellina and I totally enjoyed your video!
LOL!! send a video ❤️
Thanks for sharing!
Las Cruces , N.M. I've lived here since 1955.
Thanks for a view of the roadrunners. We have similar birds that share our neighborhood. We call them magpies. They are just as beautiful. There is a pair nesting in a spruce tree next door. If I start feeding them, I might end up with a huge flock in no time at all. Cheers.
That was great, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed them.
Welfare birds.
Just kidding.
I love these guys. I'm in Arizona, and believe they should be our state bird. No diss to the cactus wren - also very
cool - but still.
That is very cool!! Thanks for posting.
They are so georgus. I see them on my job site in Las Vegas.❤️
...First time I've ever seen a pet roadrunner.
That's friggin cool! I live in SoCal in an area where there are Roadrunners, cool looking birds for sure!
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Beautiful video, thanks.
😼 It must be trophy day for the bug hunter 😼
Adorable!!!
So cute!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
My brain initially read "my pet velociraptors"
Sooo cool! 😁🐦👍
All I could think about are these words but are they really words. MEEP!!! MEEP!!! When I see a roadrunner.
Pet Velociraptor :P
I know i proly shouldn't but i really want one, they are such a cool looking bird
This is so cool! I'm jealous.
Hello, it is really interesting and beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you
@@angelahulslander3235 🙏🌹
Nice video, I’ve never seen one so close and “live” with the head stripes…thanks☺️
Thanks for watching!
Raw hamburger. We don't feed the babies. They need to learn to to hunt with parents & on their own
Angela. It's a treat, she is not domesticating wild birds. Chill out
Roadrunners are pretty darn cool, I don't know about the sound effects lmao
That's awesome.
Nice birds, I want a pet like this too!
They are indeed the living velociraptor 😁
You Helped/Fed Them & They Overcame their Human Fear To You. & Runners help take care Of the Snakes also.
I just had the local one visit me right at my stoop this morning. I was thinking of feeding it treats when it shows up. I didn't know they were predatory. The first time I saw one running, I laughed because it looked like a stuck up rubber chicken running.