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Posted in quail on Nov 12th, 2011
It’s time for the annual checking on the quails for babies. I made it over to Red Butte Garden in August. Here’s the dad: Here’s the mom: Are you ready to coo? Here are the babies! Their feet are really big compared to the rest of their body. There were five babies. The dad [...]
Posted in quail on Jul 15th, 2011
I believe I’ve mentioned a few times before that I love quails. Whenever we talk about moving to a different house in Salt Lake City, I want to know if the yard is big enough to plant shrubby bushes for quails. In fact, I was completely ecstatic the other day because I saw two quails [...]
Sorry I didn’t post over the weekend. I was deathly ill. I can’t even remember the last time I was this sick. So sick I couldn’t work let alone do something fun like write a blog post. Instead I stayed in bed shivering and coughing. . But a few weeks ago I made it to [...]
Do you remember those amazing pictures of the California Quails taking a dust bath? Well I didn’t post all the pictures. I’ve been saving them. I didn’t want you to become overwhelmed with cuteness. And now, since most of the nation is covered in snow, this seems like a good time to bask in summer [...]
Posted in quail on Oct 2nd, 2010
Last Sunday we went to Red Butte Garden. There are a series of trails that show you a great view of the city. The mountains remind me of California because they’re so dry. And in between some pine trees I found baby quails! There were so many of them! The babies were spreading out in [...]
Posted in quail on Jun 7th, 2009
I went back to Golden Gate Park yesterday. I’m walking back to the place where I spotted the hummingbirds and I look up. Two feet in front of me is this: He’s a California quail. He’s so beautiful! You can’t tell in this picture, but his breast feathers are really shiny. He looked right at [...]