Quail

Miss O and I have been watching this little family of quail grow up in our back yard. They spend most of the afternoon in our back yard, and sleep across the street in the neighbor's tree.

I believe these are Gambel's Quail. Mama has five little chicks, and although I didn't manage to capture him, Papa quail spends quite a lot of time with his little family, too.

Here she is in the front yard. The quality isn't so good, because I took the picture from inside my dirty window. I assure you she was not more than 10 feet from me.

Here she is in our back yard teaching her babies how to find yummies.

I love this one especially, plus I managed to get all five babies in the frame. They're so well camouflaged, that you can barely see them at all.

And here they are behind our fence, off to explore the desert.

Comments

[Debby]

Nothing more fun than watching baby birds.

[Apryl]

Is it just one family?! It seemed like more when i was there.. They sure do run around behind your fence a lot don't they..