The Roadrunners

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Across
  1. 3. Mother Roadrunner lays ______ eggs in the nest over the next four days.
  2. 4. Roadrunners are ______ birds.
  3. 5. To make a hole in something by hitting it with a beak.
  4. 7. They keep the babies safe and warm in their nest near ____.
  5. 10. Watching something to keep it safe.
  6. 11. A bird is collecting _______ behind an old house on Cactus Road.
  7. 12. She tucks the nest in some _______ plants.
  8. 13. What is a good snack for a roadrunner?
  9. 14. The babies are hungry.
Down
  1. 1. The bird is Mother ___________.
  2. 2. The baby uses it's _____ to poke and peck at the egg.
  3. 5. But now, Mother and Father Roadrunner ____ the babies.
  4. 6. One by one, the baby roadrunners hatch out of the eggs.
  5. 8. Where do roadrunners live?
  6. 9. She uses the sticks to build a _______.
  7. 10. Mother and Father Roadrunner take turns guarding the nest for 14 days.
  8. 15. Her name tells you that she likes to ____.