We knew others feed roadrunners. A neighbor feeds Spam or Vienna wieners to his pair, who could be Spike\u2019s parents. They nest as close to his door as they can get and don\u2019t roam far. Another neighbor fed \u201cher\u201d roadrunners raw chicken. But, we assumed we were the only ones foolish enough to pay for mice to feed to roadrunners — until we met Sam at Hawks Aloft. She has been feeding roadrunners for over 15 years. She believes Hot Lips, the crossbilled roadrunner, was over 20 years old. Roady lost a big part of his upper bill over 5 years ago, but with Sam\u2019s help, Roady has raised several broods. Sam says she has hundreds of roadrunner grandbabies. Thankfully, she doesn\u2019t have to feed them all store-bought mice. Even so, our rough guestimate of Sam\u2019s running tab has us thinking twice. If Spike outlives us, do we have to provide for her? Maybe she\u2019ll like Spam now and then. She gobbled up the mealworms we bought today.<\/p>\n
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