California Quail

[ronwoodcraft]

On my suet feeder this morning. The feeder is nothing more than a small limby dead pine tree...I snipped off the branches and left them a little long for perches, and drilled 1" diameter holes for suet feed...I put it in the ground like a fence post..It'll probably rot off by next year, but I have another one in the shed to replace it.

 

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[Peyton Manning]

Pretty birds on their own and nice pic as well

 

[Gene Mean]

What a great picture! Award winning maybe, thanks.

 

[A2coins]

Great pics that would be cool to see

 

[Kray Gelder]

That's a cool feeder. Did not know quail would feed on suet. Nice!

 

[ronwoodcraft]

That's a cool feeder. Did not know quail would feed on suet. Nice!

Thanks Kray. It was a surprise to me to see them on it. I made it for woodpeckers, chickadees, nuthatches and other small birds.

 

[delnorter]

Cool idea. That pesky squirrel likes it too.
Mike

 

[ronwoodcraft]

Cool idea. That pesky squirrel likes it too.
Mike

Thanks Mike, You're right about the squirrels. This picture is the first one of I made. I used a 1.5" bit to make the holes...I think they were too big. 1" I use now seems about right..I've learned now to mix hot pepper sauce in the home made suet. The squirrels leave it alone...It affects mammals but not birds.

 

[thursdaythunder]

Awesome pic! That's a nice covey of California quail. I didn't know they perched in trees. I used to see countless numbers of those little guys in Borrego & Baja. They were always dust bathing on the ground or eating rocks off the side of the road ..Lol.
Thanks for sharing.. brought back some good memories

 

[tamrock]

I see quails on the mine road I go to in Yerington Nevada. No pictures of them yet as they're always running away.

 

[civilman1]

Don't get me wrong Ron, I love your photography and all but all I see is Shish Kabob!! No apologies here!

 

[ronwoodcraft]

Don't get me wrong Ron, I love your photography and all but all I see is Shish Kabob!! No apologies here!

 

[Hobbs.]

Quail are beautiful birds! Nice picture!

 

[BLK HOLE]

Very nice shot, thanks for sharing

 

[SanMan]

Love the pictures!

 

[old digger]

Beautiful birds!

 

[RustyGold]

Always beautiful photos! Thank you for taking the time to share. Best of luck!

 

[nomad 11]

On my suet feeder this morning. The feeder is nothing more than a small limby dead pine tree...I snipped off the branches and left them a little long for perches, and drilled 1" diameter holes for suet feed...I put it in the ground like a fence post..It'll probably rot off by next year, but I have another one in the shed to replace it.

all beatiful Gods creatures. only how do u know they're from Calo-fornia if u live in Idaho ? is that what they told ya ? boy some people believe everything

 

[ronwoodcraft]

All these pics from california?

No, This picture was taken in my yard in North Central Idaho......The species is " California Quail ". From research I've done, they were introduced to Idaho in 1900.

 

[SanMan]

No, This picture was taken in my yard in North Central Idaho......The species is " California Quail ". From research I've done, they were introduced to Idaho in 1900.

A good friend has a book on quail.

I remembered Gambles Quail, and Scaled Quail, but there are a few others.

This link has pictures of the males and females of some of them.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/California_Quail/id

But there are more varieties on top of those,.....

I can't remember which quail they have in Mexico.

Back in the day guys would go down there for a weekend during season.