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Roadrunner parent feeding its chick.
Photograph · Paul Marto

Dinner Is Served

Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus

  • Birds
  • Allen, Texas
  • 2026-09-01
Editorial Introduction

Introduction to Dinner Is Served

A parent returns to a hidden nest with a rough green snake the length of its own body. The chick had been calling for it for twenty minutes.

— Paul Marto

Field Record

The Species

Common Name
Greater Roadrunner
Scientific Name
Geococcyx californianus
Collections
Birds
Field Notes

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