There was a roadrunner that hung out in my neighborhood for a few months at a previous residence. They are so engaged and intelligent-seeming compared to hawks and owls, almost like a dog

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There was a roadrunner that hung out in my neighborhood for a few months at a previous residence. They are so engaged and intelligent-seeming compared to hawks and owls, almost like a dog

Very cool!
Meep meep!

What else was a lie? Are you going to tell me that you can not walk on air for five seconds before you notice it and then start to fall down.
I mean, there are many things that are not a problem until they are observed. If one puts on their shirt inside out or forgets to bring their wallet to the store, neither of these things causes awkwardness or dilemma until those things are finally noticed after making a good bit of progress in one's day. We have all witnessed seemingly oblivious people make it through life despite their best efforts to cause themselves total ruin. Who's to say the right individual could not successfully progress for a time off a shear ledge?
that gives me hope thanks
So jelly you got to see that, lucky! Thanks for sharing.
Not I, Misty Briggs is the photographer. She photographs a lot of Burrowing Owls I share here.
I only got to see one at the National Aviary. I snuck into the room as quite as can be, and was it ever mad about it! It flew up and sat on the sprinkler and gave me a glare even more distasteful than the owl in this photo.

Hahahahaha, omg the look on that owl's face!
He is not happy with you!
Oh it was very mad. It couldn't have gotten further away from me.
I had been in the room twice trying to see it, with not luck. Before we were about to head out, I gave it one last go and creeped into that room as stealthy as could be and I caught it and it was so mad!
Thank goodness for the background noise of an indoor public space.
The Roadrunner vs the Airflier.
It also would have been fun to see the owl slide into its burrow at the last minute, Indiana Jones style.
Well...
I think the owl sees it as a win and the roadrunner would likely call it a stalemate. It's hard to get birds to agree.