A visit from Quinton the Question Quail
Our natural soundscape has recently been upgraded by the humorous calls of our friendly neighbourhood California quail (described here as “a handsome, round soccer ball of a bird”):
Seán captured these recordings of this particular handsome, soccer ball of a bird—whom we've fondly named Quinton—this morning:
We also noticed Quinton attempting to befriend (or impersonate?) the rusty wren sculpture:
Caught in the act
Around this time last year, a quail couple found a nice place inside our post-pruning pile to take turns having their afternoon naps:
The male & female quails taking their respective guard duty shifts very seriously
~ p.s. Brush piles are actually a really great, easy way to create habitat for quail and other wildlife :^)