Apr 25, 2025
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), EAT A TASTY LIZARD!!!, family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Big Bend National Park, TX, USA
photograph by Judy Holt
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Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), EAT A TASTY LIZARD!!!, family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Big Bend National Park, TX, USA
photograph by Judy Holt
A greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) does a great run across a road in the USA
by Wendy Miller
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost
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Greater Roadrunner
Have you seen a Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)?
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The Greater Roadrunner Arizona
Worldbuilding June Day 30: Weather
As a result of the high elevation and tropical latitude of Platea, temperatures tend to swing wildly through the day; nights are usually chilly, while days are warm.
The elevation also means that moist air tends to condense quickly upon entering the region, thus creating the desert in the center while dumping frequent rain showers in the mountains. Rainfall in the Skyline Forest and Ge Selemare ranges creates the main rivers of Platea; it’s common for the rivers, and by extension Toja Plia, to flood during the wet season.
Thunderstorms are most commonly experienced in the western side of Platea; hurricanes are not experienced in its part of the world.