A roadrunner standing next to a blooming prickly pear in the Arizona desert.

Roadrunner and Nopal Cactus

Green Valley, Arizona

A slightly smaller female roadrunner stops to check out a stand of blooming nopales, commonly called prickly pears. These large paddles of these plants are edible, but not necessarily to the birds, who don't have the hands and fingers necessary to scrape off the spines.

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