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Karen Eadie
Peshastin, WA, USA
We live backed up to 40 acres of undeveloped forest in Washington state. During the spring/summer, we have multiple mated pairs of quail and they have up to 3 broods of chicks per summer. There are some pairs with over 20 chicks in them, but there is also some predation. This family had just the male and 3 chicks throughout the whole summer, so we called this family “My Three Sons”. The quail are part of the “clean-up crew” that eat the dropped seeds/nuts from under the feeders. They are daily visitors to the feeding station and birdbaths. They are not colorful until you look closely at them, so some might call them “boring”, but they are my favorite bird. I go to the windows to watch them whenever I hear them calling. These baby quail surprised me by flying up on the fence with dad before they flew down to the base of the feeder.
Category 7: Boring is Beautiful
I don’t think any bird is boring. Even House Sparrows.
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