I saw my first and only roadrunner in Death Valley as well as beautiful California Condors.
I ran over a roadrunner on I-5 near Lost Hills.
A condor is just a kind of vulture.
I saw my first and only roadrunner in the hills above my parent's house in San Luis Obispo County. No sign of a crazy coyote in pursuit either ...
A bit of Death Valley trivia - the lowest point in the United States is a place called Badwater. No doubt it got its name the same way Death Valley got its name.