Our roadrunner friend

I lived in New Mexico for years and never saw a roadrunner. When we moved back here from DC, I started to see them all the time.  Now we have a young roadrunner who likes to hang out in our yard.  He comes by around lunch time and suns himself in the front yard.  The other day he spent hours nestled on the ledge outside our dining room window. The spot on the ledge is shielded by some slightly overgrown shrubs.  So now we can't trim those because our roadrunner needs the cover!

Here is a good Petersons Field Guide video.  Their call is kind of dove like.  But what I want you to hear is the clacking sound they make which I am sure is the basis of the cartoon beep beep.  You don't have to believe me.  But you should.