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Just had a hen Bob White quail and a brood of little ones cross the road in front of me. The little ones were smaller than a Goldfinch and not much bigger than a Hummingbird. About ten or twelve the best that I could tell. This is the first small ones that I have seen in several years. miles
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Miles,
Here in SW Idaho we have California Quail. Always little ones running around the neighborhood. They're obviously a little larger.
We did have, just today, four baby Killdeer that had just hatched in the yard.
Always cool to see the little ones.
Bob Enjoy life now -- it has an expiration date. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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We lose a bunch of the little ones to earth cracks, but this year should be different with the wet June we've had.
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Wow! That would be so nice to see here!
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Keep an eye on the cats....
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Saw a covey of little ones in the pan handle some years back w/my brother. They were no larger than my thumb and scurried about behind their mother like water spiders. powdr
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any p o s of cat more then 100 yards from a house goes lights out here, they are the skurg of the earth, anybody that pampers a cat is just as big a pussy as the damn cat!! get more song birds and quail than any hawk or owl ever could.
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I miss my pet quail.. I probably fed them more scratch than the chickens.
The quail's call on a hot afternoon wind is something I always enjoyed.
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Been hearing quail galore all spring and summer at my place in the piedmont of south Caroljna. Jump a good number of singles and the occasional covey. Hopefully they are making a comeback. Will be a long time before I even think about hunting them but it's nice to hear them
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Our first broods from the scaled quail in the "yard coveys" are already so big that it's difficult to tell them from the adults. Looking forward to a lot of double clutching in both scalies and Gambels.
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We have Quail everywhere, so far we have had 1 and 1/2 hatch's, I am seeing birds from the size of a sparrow down to baby birds mouse size, driving home from town yesterday a hen flew out of the ditch and cracked my wind shield, about 10 miles up the road had a Quail hit my left front fender, there are dead Quail are all over the F.M. roads. Rio7
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any p o s of cat more then 100 yards from a house goes lights out here, they are the skurg of the earth, anybody that pampers a cat is just as big a pussy as the damn cat!! get more song birds and quail than any hawk or owl ever could. You know that here in Mo. that you can be prosecuted for killing a pet? Ever read the plaque on the Old Drum statue in front of the court house in Warrensburg? It's not just about dogs.
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Got back from my 4 day work trip, hadn't seen any little quail so far this year, just one pheasant chick. Went down to the garden today and there was pheasant chicks and quail all around. Hoping they have a good year up the hill where I can hunt too.
Had some of those killdeer chicks a year or so back, haven't seen them this year. Lots of robin and the Say's phoebes at work have raised three clutches so far this year.
Called in a pair of Orioles down at the garden while picking Himalaya berries (invasive but yummy blackberries). I think they figured I was taking over their territory!
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saw at least 7 coveys at the ranch today, more than i've seen in yrs.
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We have Quail everywhere, I was thrilled to see them when I was there. It has been a while since there were very many here. Mid to late 1980's I am thinking. miles
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any p o s of cat more then 100 yards from a house goes lights out here, they are the skurg of the earth, anybody that pampers a cat is just as big a pussy as the damn cat!! get more song birds and quail than any hawk or owl ever could. Reminds me of an animal rights activist bitchin' about hunters.........
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any p o s of cat more then 100 yards from a house goes lights out here, they are the skurg of the earth, anybody that pampers a cat is just as big a pussy as the damn cat!! get more song birds and quail than any hawk or owl ever could. Got a couple of clipped barn cats here, and we have so many dang birds at teh bird feeders you would swear they can't impact the population much. My cur has caught way more birds than I've ever seen evidence of with the cats.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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We will be getting a second hatch the way things look. My small farm is an oasis for all the critters during the four year drought.
I'm not growing anything but habitat this year and turn the irrigation pump on every third day to get some cover up and puddles on the ground. We have every kind of desert animal concentrated here, even the snakes.
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Unfortunately it is proven that pet cats reduce the bird population drastically more than any other predator. Take care of them quietly and silently.
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The word around here is that we need to get the farmers to quit planting right up to the tree line if we want to return quail numbers to what they were in the 1980s. They are basically saying that we need more brushy areas.
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