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	ADW: Geococcyx californianus: Information (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Greater roadrunners are primarily a species of the southwestern United States, but their full range includes other areas as well.
		Greater roadrunners have also been observed "sunbathing." In the morning and on cooler days, they position their scapular feathers so the fl skin on the dorsal apteria can absorb the sunlight and warm the body.
		Greater roadrunners are potential predators of quail, adult sparrows, hummingbirds such as Anna's hummingbird, and the golden-cheeked warbler.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /site/accounts/information/Geococcyx_californianus.html (1566 words)

	Greater Roadrunner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) is a large, long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae.
		It is one of the two roadrunner species in the genus Geococcyx.
		The Roadrunner is the state bird of New Mexico.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greater_Roadrunner (302 words)

	Roadrunner
		Roadrunners are perhaps best known for their appetite for snakes, but they will eat anything they can kill with their sharp beak including lizards, rodents, insects and even other birds.
		Roadrunners often live in extreme climates and are uniquely adapted to conserve energy.
		At one time, roadrunners were considered birds of the desert southwest, but their range has expanded east through Oklahoma into Louisiana and Arkansas.
	www.wildlifedepartment.com /roadrunner.htm (466 words)

	Greater Roadrunner
		In the heat of the day, roadrunners reduce their activity and rest in shade, losing heat by panting or by raising wings and feathers to expose skin to cooling winds.
		Roadrunners frequently use cattle paths or dry streambeds as pathways to and from the nest.
		Roadrunners readily prey on poisonous spiders and scorpions.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /roadrunner_info.htm (647 words)

	FamilyFun: Wildlife Finder: Greater Roadrunner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The greater roadrunner lives up to its cartoon-character image as it dashes across North American desert highways at breakneck speed in pursuit of its prey.
		The greater and lesser roadrunners are the only species in the Geococcyx genus, within a group of 13 species called ground-cuckoos.
		The lesser roadrunner is similar to the greater, but has a southerly range in Central America.
	familyfun.go.com /parenting/learn/activities/feature/greaterroadrunner_wlf/greaterroadrunner_wlf.html (318 words)

	NatureWorks -Greater Roadrunner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The greater roadrunner is a member of the cuckoo family.
		The greater roadrunner is most common in desert areas, but it can also be found in chaparral, grasslands, open woodlands and agricultural areas.
		The greater roadrunner eats small snakes, lizards, mice, scorpions, spiders, ground nesting birds and insects.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/greaterroadrunner.htm (328 words)

	Greater Roadrunner
		The Greater roadrunner is a member of the Cuckoo family (Cuculidae), found in the western United States and Mexico.
		Greater roadrunners reach sexual maturity at the age of 2-3 years.
		Nowadays, roadrunner is the leader of all the birds.
	www.dierinbeeld.nl /animal_files/birds/greater_roadrunner (626 words)

	Season Two - July Bird of the Month - The Greater Roadrunner
		Legend has the roadrunner building a fence of cactus pieces around a snake so that it cannot escape, and while that technique is fictional, the bird's quick agility lets it capture even highly venomous prey.
		The great roadrunner is so named to distinguish it from a similar species, the lesser roadrunner, that occurs in portions of Mexico and Central America.
		The greater roadrunner is a ground dwelling bird and is a member of the cuckoo family.
	www.passporttotexas.com /birds/jul00.html (511 words)

	Wildlife Rescue Inc., of New Mexico - Greater Roadrunner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Roadrunner's voice has an extensive vocabulary ranging from the soft 'brrrrpt' of a hungry youngster to the loud 'BRRRRRRAPTing' clack of the territorial resident.
		Sometimes the loud mating COO COO of the roadrunner is mistaken for a particularly indiscreet mourning dove call.
		Roadrunners are perfectly able to fly, and may nest at great heights, but generally they prefer to be terrestrial during the daylight hours - when they hunt for small vertebrates.
	www.wrinm.org /road.html (237 words)

	All About Birds
		The Greater Roadrunner is a signature bird of the desert Southwest.
		The desert-dwelling roadrunner uses salt glands in front of its eyes to excrete excess salt from its blood.
		The roadrunner is able to get along without drinking water if it eats food with high enough water content, but it will drink readily if water is available.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Greater_Roadrunner.html (288 words)

	Roadrunner: WhoZoo
		When the Roadrunner senses danger or is traveling downhill, it flies, revealing short, rounded wings with a white crescent.
		There are 3 roadrunners at Texas Wild, 2 females and 1 male.
		Roadrunners do seem to spend most of their time running on the ground.
	www.whozoo.org /AnlifeSS2001/borisest/BS_Roadrunner1.html (243 words)

	Greater Roadrunner nest with eggs and young photos and sound recording (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Roadrunner nests are big, sometimes two feet (70 cm) in diameter, and usually somewhat oval-shaped.
		A used Roadrunner nest can be easily separated from the other birds that nest in the same habitats so it is a favorite of Atlasers.
		The original Roadrunner sound recording was made at Liberty Wildlife in Scottsdale, Arizona using a captive bird in 1998.
	mirror-pole.com /collpage/roadrunr/roadrun1.htm (283 words)

	(via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Roadrunners are ground cuckoos, are any of about 15 species of birds constituting the subfamily Neomorphinae of the Cuckoo Family (Cuculidae), noted for terrestrial habits.
		The two species of Roadrunners include the Lesser Roadrunner (G. velox) a slightly smaller, buffier and less streaky bird, of Mexico and Central America, which grows to a length of 18 inches.
		The Roadrunner is a large, fl-and-white, mottled ground bird with a distinctive head crest.
	www.desertusa.com.cob-web.org:8888 /road.html (834 words)

	Roadrunner
		The Greater Roadrunner is the most famous bird in the Sonoran Desert and not only due to the cartoon.
		The Roadrunner can be mainly be found in the southern portions of California, Arizona, New Mexico (where it is the state bird) and Texas.
		Roadrunners prefer walking or running to flying and attain speeds of up to 17 mph on foot.
	www.toddshikingguide.com /FloraFauna/Fauna47.htm (340 words)

	Greater Roadrunner
		The diet of the Greater Roadrunner consists of insects, lizards, snakes, small rodents, small birds, fruit, and seeds (Ehrlich et al., 1988).
		The Greater Roadrunner is known as the quickest footed critter in the West.
		When the Greater Roadrunner is alarmed, it will raise and lower its crest and tail and/or perform a distraction display to protect its nest (Ehrlich et al., 1988).
	museum.utep.edu /chih/theland/animals/birds/roadrun2.htm (324 words)

	What Barbara's Camera Sees
		The roadrunner can fly, but prefers to use the highways that man has so kindly provided to sprint after its prey.
		The roadrunner is a kind of ground cuckoo that lives in the desert scrub of the south western United States.
		It eats insects, scorpions, lizards, snakes, rodents and other birds, although it may switch to a vegetarian diet during the winter when its usual prey is scarce.
	barbarascamera.com /roadrunner.html (173 words)

	Lee Richardson Zoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Greater road runners are medium sized birds, weighing ½ to ¾ pound and measuring 19 to 24 inches in length.
		Although usually raising their own young, it has been noted that the roadrunner is not above brood parasitism.
		Their eggs have been observed in the nests of the common raven and the northern mockingbird.
	www.garden-city.org /zoo/animalinfo/Birds/Greater_roadrunner.htm (386 words)

	Greater Roadrunner - Picture - MSN Encarta
		The greater roadrunner is a large member of the cuckoo family.
		After a remarkable courtship, the roadrunner mates for life.
		The mated pair then lives in the same territory year-round.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461530613_761552516_-1_1/Greater_Roadrunner.html (41 words)

	Greater Roadrunner - Whatbird.com
		Greater Roadrunner: Large, ground-dwelling cuckoo with overall gray-brown streaked appearance.
		Greater Roadrunner: Resident in southwest U.S. and Mexico; found in open, arid country with scattered thickets.
		● Breeding and nesting: Greater Roadrunner: Three to five white eggs are laid in a flat stick nest lined with grass, and usually built in a thick shrub or cactus close to the ground.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/306/_/Greater_Roadrunner.aspx (590 words)

	Greater Roadrunner
		It comes as no surprise to learn that the Roadrunner is a member of the cuckoo family.
		Gambel’s Quail may pay scant attention to the Roadrunner at most seasons, but they react to it violently when they have small young, and with good reason: given an opportunity, the Roadrunner will streak in to grab a bite-sized baby quail.
		Like all cuckoos, the Roadrunner is a zygodactyl bird (it has 2 toes pointing forward and 2 toes backward).
	www.desertmuseum.org /books/nhsd_roadrunner_new.html (586 words)

	Greater Roadrunner Range Map
		The Greater Roadrunner is a year-round resident from northern California (rarely) and western and central Nevada east to southern Kansas and north-central Louisiana south to Mexico.
		The Greater Roadrunner is typically associated with desert regions, but also found in chaparral, grasslands, open woodlands of pine and oak, agricultural areas and moist woodlands.
		It frequents edge habitats provided by a mixture of open land, brush and forest and is also at home among tall pines and magnolias or mesquite and cactus.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /roadrunner_map.htm (80 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Culicidae - Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
		Breeding Range (see map below): The Greater Roadrunner is a primiarly southwestern U.S. species, but its range extends eastward as far as Arkansas and Louisiana.
		Habitat: The Greater Roadrunner lives in desert, dry grasslands, or dry shrublands.
		Behavior: Although not quite as intelligent as shown in the movies, the Greater Roadrunner is a favorite of bird watchers and cartoon enthusiasts.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/cuckoo/Gcalif.htm (220 words)

	NPWRC Greater Roadrunner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Roadrunners are together in a large enclosure.
		When crickets are released into the enclosure, the Roadrunners put on a fascinating show.
		At the Center, the larger Roadrunners were put in a separate enclosure so that they would not pick on the smaller helpless ones.
	www.npwrc.org /04-roadrunner01.html (211 words)

	Friends of Saguaro National Park - About Saguaro National Park: Greater Roadrunner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Roadrunners have long beaks and tails with a bushy crest on their heads.
		Roadrunners' feet have two forward toes and two behind.
		Roadrunners, like many desert animals, are less active during the heat of the middays in summer.
	www.friendsofsaguaro.org /roadrunners.html (146 words)

	Greater Roadrunner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The roadrunner can fly for short distances if necessary but prefers to run.
		If looking for the roadrunner in a bird book, look for it with the cuckoos, the latin name is roughly "ground cuckoo".
		The roadrunner is found throughout most of Arizona New Mexico, Southern California and Texas.
	www.whitethornhouse.com /roadrunner.htm (177 words)

	Greater Roadrunner - National Zoo\| FONZ
		Oddly, there are very few roadrunners in zoos despite being fairly common in the wild in the western United States.
		In fact, there are currently no breeding pairs of roadrunners in captivity.
		One of our older kiwis was sent to Columbus Zoo to be paired up with their proven female.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/Birds/NewsEvents/grro.cfm (132 words)

	Wild Republic presents Audubon Birds with real bird calls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Roadrunner is New Mexico's state bird and is found across desert and open areas in the southwestern United States.
		Rarely taking flight, their long legs allow them to reach sprinting speeds of up to 15 mph.
		Roadrunners are usually seen alone or in pairs.
	www.wildrepublic.com /pages/audubon/openspaces/roadrunner.asp (89 words)

	ROADRUNNER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) is a member of the cuckoo family but it has quite different behaviour from the common cuckoo.
		The roadrunner is widespread in the southwestern USA and Mexico.
		The nests typically contain 3-6 white eggs, but not all of the fledglings survive.
	helios.bto.ed.ac.uk /bto/desbiome/roadrun.htm (91 words)

	Greater Roadrunner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cool fact: Persecuted for presumed predation on quail, roadrunners were the target of state and federal bounty programs in the early twentieth century.
		Greater Roadrunner recordings made by Geoffrey A. Keller and Robert Righter.
		The sound sample used in this bird account is an abbreviated sample of the recording included on Bird Songs of the Rocky Mountain States and Provinces.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /BOW/GREROA (694 words)

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