Where to See Roadrunner in White Sands National Park

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Roadrunner sightings in White Sands

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Where Roadrunner has been reported, from 10 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM1% of the busiest hour1 AM1% of the busiest hour2 AM1% of the busiest hour3 AM2% of the busiest hour4 AM6% of the busiest hour5 AM17% of the busiest hour6 AM44% of the busiest hour7 AM78% of the busiest hour8 AM94% of the busiest hour9 AMBusiest hour10 AM94% of the busiest hour11 AM78% of the busiest hourNoon61% of the busiest hour1 PM50% of the busiest hour2 PM44% of the busiest hour3 PM61% of the busiest hour4 PM78% of the busiest hour5 PM94% of the busiest hour6 PM89% of the busiest hour7 PM67% of the busiest hour8 PM33% of the busiest hour9 PM11% of the busiest hour10 PM3% of the busiest hour11 PM1% of the busiest hour

Roadrunner is most seen 8–11 AM and 5–7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Roadrunner sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	1%
1 AM	1%
2 AM	1%
3 AM	2%
4 AM	6%
5 AM	17%
6 AM	44%
7 AM	78%
8 AM	94%
9 AM	100%
10 AM	94%
11 AM	78%
Noon	61%
1 PM	50%
2 PM	44%
3 PM	61%
4 PM	78%
5 PM	94%
6 PM	89%
7 PM	67%
8 PM	33%
9 PM	11%
10 PM	3%
11 PM	1%

Audio tour

Hear about Roadrunner on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive White Sands, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

White Sands Tour Guide

The Roadrunner’s X-Shaped Tracks

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“An X-shaped bird track can be a clue that a roadrunner has been through. Its feet have two toes pointing forward and two backward, leaving that distinctive shape in soft ground.”

Plays as you drive near Evening Program Area Restroom in Parkwolf’s White Sands Tour Guide.

One more story about Roadrunner in the app

Roadrunner and Primrose: Picnic Shelters in the Dunes

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Where to look

White Sands spots that mention Roadrunner

Compare with the sightings

Places and trails whose Parkwolf guides talk about Roadrunner. A good start, never a guarantee.

Places

Picnic areaRoadrunner Picnic AreaA big shaded picnic stop with sledding dunes right at the lot.

Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

Find Wildlife in Parkwolf

Every sighting map, in your pocket.

16 sighting mapsfor White Sands, on the same park map as your route
Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
23 audio storiesplay as you drive White Sands, wildlife included

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Wildlife

More wildlife in White Sands

All 16 sighting maps

39 sightingsGemsbokOryx gazellaMost seen 6 AM & 7 PMSighting map

17 sightingsGreat Horned OwlBubo virginianusMost seen 6 AM & 7 PMSighting map

11 sightingsRavenCorvus coraxMost seen 7–11 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map

16 sightingsHorned LarkEremophila alpestrisMost seen 8–10 AM & 6 PMSighting map

20 sightingsBlack-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineataMost seen 6–9 AMSighting map

16 sightingsYellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusMost seen 7–9 AMSighting map

16 sightingsWestern KingbirdTyrannus verticalisMost seen 7–10 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

36 sightingsSay's PhoebeSayornis sayaMost seen 7–9 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

Where to see Roadrunner in White Sands