chachalacas, also called road runners! There's one that's been in my backyard for a couple months now, I think I should feed it!
2006-07-04 09:32:03 · 3 answers · asked by cjr_mamamia 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
Take a look at this website. It has a photo so you can match it to the birds you are seeing. It tells what they eat.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/landwater/land/habitats/southtx_plain/upland_birds/chachalaca.phtml
2006-07-04 09:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Food & Hunting
The Roadrunner feeds almost exclusively on other animals, including insects, scorpions, lizards, snakes, rodents and other birds. Up to 10 % of its winter diet may consist of plant material due to the scarcity of desert animals at that time of the year.
Because of its lightening quickness, the Roadrunner is one of the few animals that preys upon rattlesnakes. Using its wings like a matador's cape, it snaps up a coiled rattlesnake by the tail, cracks it like a whip and repeatedly slams its head against the ground till dead.
It then swallows its prey whole, but is often unable to swallow the entire length at one time. This does not stop the Roadrunner from its normal routine. It will continue to meander about with the snake dangling from its mouth, consuming another inch or two as the snake slowly digests.
2006-07-04 12:03:01 · answer #2 · answered by jordan o 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
chachalacas and road runners are two different bird species...which one are you talking about?
2006-07-04 10:20:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋