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The cultural shift began years ago in Phoenix, and many residents now take pride in their saguaros and palo verde trees, and post snapshots of bobcats and roadrunners in their yards.

From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2023

Lizards and roadrunners skitter across the museum floor.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2022

We lived on forty acres instead of four hundred square feet, cohabitated with roadrunners and rabbits instead of roaches and rats.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2019

Cactus wrens, curve-billed thrashers, black phoebes, Lucifer hummingbirds and greater roadrunners are among the year-round avian inhabitants.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2016

I guess the coldest night was the one we spent in an old rundown schoolhouse, after chasing the skunks and roadrunners out.

From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar