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Runaway Roadrunner Dashes into Motorsports Office, Jumps on Monitor, Stares at Owner, Runs Out, Hundreds of Miles North of Home-Range Breaking UT State Record

Provo, Utah — On a July night in the summer of 2024, David Kirkham was watching a documentary on YouTube with his family about the greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) — the fastest running feathered creature on Earth that can also fly. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine one of the lil’ blistering birds […]

Provo, Utah — On a July night in the summer of 2024, David Kirkham was watching a documentary on YouTube with his family about the greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) — the fastest running feathered creature on Earth that can also fly. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine one of the lil’ blistering birds would blaze into his office, jump up on his computer monitor and stare him straight in the face — only days later — hundreds of miles north of its relatively small native habitat (roadrunners do not migrate).

KirkhamistheownerofKirkhamMotorsportsinProvo,Utah–thehomeofBrighamYoungUniversity(BYU)andanever-growing,bustlingbosomofactivityinthenorthernpartofthestate.TherunawayroadrunnerinquestionisindeedthesamespeciesfamousforantagonizingthelegendaryWileE.CoyoteintheWarnerBro