Our Neighbor

This California Quail spends a great deal of time perched on this post a little ways from Auntie Violet. He keeps a very close eye on what's happening in the neighborhood. We see his mate with him occasionally, but I have never seen her perched on the post.

There are several quail in the coulee. We hear them chattering, and often flush them when we go for walks. They were pretty well wiped out in the hard winters of the 1950s, but over the last several years they have made a comeback. They have increased, but the pheasants which used to be plentiful have almost entirely disappeared....