Callipepla californica  (California Quail)

© Rosemary Taylor (Photo ID #66292)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	urban garden Qualicum Beach
Photographer	Rosemary Taylor
Habitat	Urban gardens
Photo Date	May 27, 2014
Upload Date	May 29, 2014
Elevation (m)
Latitude	49.352194
Longitude	-124.40248
Photo ID #	66292
Comments	Several quail visit our vegetable patch throughout the day, and are frequently seen making a depression in the soft soil to sit and sunbathe, or take a dust bath. One bird, usually a male, stands as sentry on the garden fence while the others forage in the beds below.