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Quail Day 1
Quail Day 1
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Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 II/III USM
Location: side of house
Date: Jan 1, 2008
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2008

Viewed: 447
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)

These poor guys hang around all winter. I fed all 200 of them last year and I learned the meaning of fowl/foul odor!! Needless to say I'm not feeding them this year, though I felt sorry for them yesterday and gave them some bird seed from my indoor birds. They came back this morning to finish off the seeds.

They are so cute. My neighbors have been feeding them this year so the covey is broken-up from last year's count. Anyhow, they walk around in the snow and on the path I have shoveled on the side on the house.

I had to take this from inside the window or they would have flown away when I went outside. Quail fly in all directions and almost always... one poor bird will fly directly into the window pane.

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01/12/2008 08:49:43 PM
I love the fact that the one is walking away, It is as if the other two are talking about him.
01/06/2008 11:03:18 PM
What a great capture.....
01/04/2008 04:55:44 PM
How fun! I love their little feather on top of their head!
01/04/2008 03:07:15 AM
Beautiful the black and whiteness of this shot. The bits of brown are nice to see as well. 200 last year was a lot of hungry mouths to feed.
01/03/2008 11:46:51 AM
Lovely birds, why the smell??

like how you kept the detail in the snow.
01/03/2008 09:27:10 AM
Excellent composition, and the bits of grass coming through the snow really add to ground this. Nice shot, especially since you took it through a window!
01/02/2008 11:18:17 PM
I think quail are the coolest birds...
01/02/2008 10:46:04 PM

Like Jeanie's view on the magical # of 3 makes for a leading composition ..
Have not seen quail like these b4..
They are cute birds..
01/02/2008 01:55:27 PM
great shot .. those poor little birds in the snow .. .. :)
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01/02/2008 01:26:56 PM
How cute they are ! I like Mary's version of what's going on :)
The crests on the heads are very interesting. very nice capture !
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01/02/2008 11:12:48 AM
Aww - look how cute they are! Great shot. We have quail in Phoenix - different colors of course, to blend in with the desert. Every morning at 7 am there's a mass exodus of them in one direction on the mountain where I live. And in the evening, they all wander back. It's fun to watch how the run in circles and hear their little funny sounds.
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01/02/2008 09:49:05 AM
They are adorable with those little crests on their heads!! I'd feed 'em, but then I'm a complete pushover :::grins::: Very nice composition; one has given up and is following the path to look elsewhere for food, and one seems to be telling the other they might as well give up and follow the first one.
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01/01/2008 06:49:13 PM
I like this alot. I agree with you, they are very cute!
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01/01/2008 05:33:55 PM
How cute are these birds - I so feel sorry for them in the cold though - brrrrrrrrr!
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01/01/2008 05:16:29 PM
Wonderful shot! Poor little guys must get such cold feet in the snow.
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01/01/2008 05:02:44 PM
Thanks for the feed back. These are California Quail according to my Birds of the Northwest book.
01/01/2008 04:48:40 PM
Darlene, the composition of this one is really really good. You've got the magical number of three, which is always good for design. AND they make up a thin triangle, another always good element in design.
Good job.
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01/01/2008 04:47:02 PM
Beautiful shot! We have quail around here, but they're not that dark. Do you know what kind they are?
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