Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Major Bird News

Baby Quail 5-16-2008 9-58-26 AM 514x357 Well,  the big thing is that the baby quail have started appearing. I have one family of five or six, in which the chicks are all kindergarten or first grade, just starting to get their mohawks. Another family only has one chick, a little bitty thing that looks as if it hatched maybe a couple of days ago. I wonder what happened to the rest of the eggs?

I haven’t seen the mockingbird again, but yesterday morning I had a beautiful orange male Bullock’s oriole (it had a mask like The Lone Ranger) and  parent and chick curved-bill thrashers have been on the porch and at the quail block. The adults have amber-colored eyes, while the babies have grey eyes. They are almost the same size, but the chicks are fluffier and constantly begging for food.

I have not seen the hawk ONCE since we put up the shade over the quail block.

3 comments:

  1. You are so smart. protecting baby quail must give you sainthood qualifications.

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  2. Way to go with the Hawk prevention technique!

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  3. Awww. He's so cute with his little fauxhawk! Looks just like Ryan Seacrest on American Idol. Ouch! Hey! Quit hitting!

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