California Quail

[Sherry <sshadday at worldnet dot att dot net>]

We just saw a California Quail (at least I think it was a California, and 
not a Gumbel's) in the aspen trees in our back yard in Layton.  That is a 
first for me!  It was about 7 pm.

Unfortunately, he flew away about the time I got the book open to "quails," 
so I couldn't compare the two types against him.  But he was smaller and 
grayer than what the Gumbel's quail look in our books, so that is why I 
think it was a California.  When I first looked out, I thought he was 
another starling (darkish tones), until I saw the black plume on the 
forehead when he lifted his head up.  Then I got excited and got the 
binoculars on him!

Sherry

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