For this episode, Nature Notes is teaming up with “West Texas Wonders” – a reporting series where listeners ask questions and Marfa Public Radio finds answers.

This question comes from Austin listener Heather Holland. Born in Houston, raised in Colorado, she was drawn to Big Bend for a Texas mountain experience, and she's become a frequent visitor.

Holland served in the military, in deserts overseas. But in Big Bend she met a creature she hadn't in those deserts.

“To just see this cute little bird running across the road was a delight,” Holland said. “I realized how much I didn't know about roadrunners – if they're migrating for diet, if they are only in the southern... Hosted by for KRTS