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A good day today.  I know it's a lot of reading and you can skip it if you prefer.  This is a Road Runner - very shy and very fast.  Happy dance.

EDIT:  I cut the info considerably.  It's way too long, and you can read it if you wish on Wikipedia.

The greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, from Southwestern United States and Mexico. The Latin name means "Californian earth-cuckoo". Along with the lesser roadrunner, it is one of two species in the roadrunner genus Geococcyx. This roadrunner is also known as the chaparral cock, ground cuckoo, and snake killer.
Cultural references

Some Pueblo Indian tribes, such as the Hopi, believed that the Roadrunner provided protection against evil spirits. In Mexico, some said it brought babies, as the white stork was said to in Europe. Some Anglo frontier people believed roadrunners led lost people to trails.
The greater roadrunner is the basis for the cartoon character Road Runner, a bird who uses his speed and cunning to outmaneuver his enemy, Wile E. Coyote, though real coyotes are faster than roadrunners.
The roadrunner appeared in a 1982 sheet of 20-cent United States stamps showing 50 state birds and flowers, the roadrunner being the state bird of New Mexico.

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