[Ansteorra] Ugly Duckling at Warlord

[Denni Lozos]

Hurst library has one that lives in the grassy area in front of
it.  He hangs out at the gazebo and watches us get out of our
cars!  I would say he likes bookworms, but you'd just groan....

I sure missed seeing all of you at Warlord!! 

Allyson Tymmes

--- "niklas at pbgilbert.net" <niklas at pbgilbert.net> wrote:

> Hi....
> 
> Road Runners, Chapperals, BEEP BEEP!!!
> 
> Geococcyx californianus,
> 
> "El Correcaminos"
> 
> Those are really cool birds.
> 
> They are the State Bird of New Mexico.
> 
> When we lived in West Texas in the 90-80's we had one that
> lived in our 
> back pasture. Between the cats and "El Correcaminos", we had
> no problems 
> with snakes or rodents.
> 
> They have been clocked as fast as 15-18 MPH and eat all kinds
> of vermin, 
> insects and rodents.
> 
> Very unusual to see one in the area of the event. They don't
> like man much.
> 
> Hope he does well.
> 
> Take care...
> 
> Niklas
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> elizabeth at crouchet.com wrote:
> > For those of you that disparaged my baby bird in morning
> court at Steppes Warlord, I just wanted to give you a follow
> up and a 
> > progress report. 
> > 
> > That bird has grown and developed greatly, changing almost
> by the hour over that weekend. It turns out that it now stands
> 
> > nearly a foot tall when it tries to. 
> > 
> > Obviously I was misinformed when this bird was identified as
> a baby Great Tailed Grackle. I can't tell how many times I was
> 
> > instructed by my "friends" to kill it. 
> > 
> > Turns out it IS a baby Road Runner! It is protected though,
> not as all songbirds in Texas, but as a predator bird like all
> the 
> > raptors as well (yes, including vultures). 
> > 
> > It is now in the hands of a Licensed Bird Rehabilitator. It
> is close to being too large to handle easily so it is in a
> good place now. 
> > It is now eating pinky mice and someone else is feeding it
> twice an hour all day. Whew. 
> > 
> > Road runners eat large insects like grasshoppers that eat
> crops and small snakes, like baby rattle snakes. They also eat
> mice 
> > that eat grain and deer feed and get inside your house. They
> fly rarely, they don't roost and don't mess up your car. 
> > 
> > I will get it back when it is grown so it can be released
> back where I found it. 
> > 
> > So all of you that told me to Kill It can just go, well,
> whatever. Aren't you all glad I didn't?
> > 
> > Thank you to those of you that DID show support either
> verbally or by supplying insects caught on site to feed it. 
> > 
> > Claire Shayhan
> > 
> > 
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Allyson Tymmes

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