ROADRUNNERS AND COYOTES AND JAVELINAS, OH MY

Privy to viewing all three in Arizona, I believe the roadrunner my favorite. I really think coyotes are pretty, and while I've only seen javelinas up close one time, I really like them, too, so the decision is tough. But roadrunners win out.

Now, I've never seen a baby of any of the three, but this picture showing the baby roadrunner is awesome. I'd love to get a bunch of them and set them free in our neighborhood. We only have a few, maybe just one coyote for them to watch out for, but we just have too much greenery in the green belt of Scottsdale, so I'll have to do my bird watching on area golf courses.

I'm not sure what it is that draws me to them. They're not pretty, they're very awkward, they are not friendly. In fact, they don't seem personable at all. But we sure didn't have any in Mt. Vernon, though Opdyke's team name was the Roadrunners. I used to think that was goofy, but no more.

Now if Summersville could change its name to the javelinas. Where's the phonebook? Let me get Cheryl McClure or Diane Payne on the phone.