“Hey, what you lookin’ at?”
There is something endering about California Quail. I am not sure if it is the fact that they are everywhere along the sides of the road or their plumpness, or their great family life or that little top feather. I also love that one of them stand sentinel while the others feed. The first time I saw one I was in Marin County, California driving up to Muir Woods. I immediately thought of the Warner Brother’s cartoon the Crackpot Quail. (You can see what I did every Saturday in my youth.)
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6 Comments
October 27, 2008 at 8:57 am
It feels like Saturday morning.
I love it when the quail show up in my neighborhood. I hadn’t seem for several weeks, and just yesterday there was a good group of males just hanging out down the street a bit.
October 27, 2008 at 3:17 pm
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October 27, 2008 at 9:04 pm
They really are cuties. We have quail on the farm too, but they are little tiny creature.
October 28, 2008 at 12:01 am
A great photo. I like the idea of one standing sentinel.
October 28, 2008 at 12:59 pm
For me, it’s definitely that little top-feather. I always thought it looked like the feather on a cartoon Indian brave. Have to admit, that old “Crackpot Quail” cartoon was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw your pic.
Great post, Bev!
October 31, 2008 at 5:24 pm
How cute
I love the sounds they make too!