Roadrunner perched atop vanquished reptile has become another recurring theme for me.
This isn’t an accurate representation of how a roadrunner interacts with a lizard. They’re WAY more brutal. A roadrunner snatches live prey in it’s stabby beak then quickly smashes the unfortunate critter over and over against the hard ground or a nearby solid object until it becomes mushy enough to gulp down.
Roadrunner’s do everything really fast and will attack anything they think they can eat; insects, rodents (including prairie dogs), other birds and reptiles. True fact: they are infamous rattlesnake killers!