They are neat, and a bit comical. I think whoever did the Roadrunner cartoons must have spent some time watching them. I've actually seen more Roadrunners in Arkansas, at least in northern Arkansas, than I ever did in the California desert.
We have a lot of wading birds here too, but I don't have a marshy area in my immediate vicinity. Probably just as well. Where there is marshy area, the bugs are trecherous and I do NOT do bugs.