Salzer

Yesterday, we were visiting with my daughter-in-law and grandsons, who had dropped off a wading pool so that we could bathe Amber, when Debbie said, “There’s a roadrunner on your table!” Sure enough, there was a roadrunner on the patio table, about ten feet from me when I looked out the kitchen window. I got the camera for Shirley and the roadrunner moved to the east end of the patio by the time she got in position to take the picture. She was able to get a few pictures before we lost track of the roadrunner.

Later in the afternoon while I was hand-watering the roses, I heard a short sound by the rear hedge that got my attention. I looked to my left and saw the roadrunner on the far side of the pool. I left the area and went inside through the garage so as to not disturb the roadrunner. Shirley and I watched the roadrunner moving around in the back yard until it disappeared behind some shrubbery.

This morning, “our” roadrunner came back! We watched it for a while as it moved around the yard until it disappeared behind the plants on the west side of the yard close to my office. I went to my office and googled “roadrunner” to read about it. As I was reading about the sound that it makes, I heard the sound and looked for the roadrunner, but couldn’t find it. I continued hearing the sounds for about ten minutes but never did see it again.