Chicks

This is a Daddy Quail that was telling his teeny tiny chicks and his wife "Hide! Hide!" These birds look so very regal.... and so very silly at the same time.


Cute, huh? One of the chicks somehow got lost in our garage and scurried under my feet later that day.


Cool Facts I found on allaboutbirds.org

• Pairs of California Quail call antiphonally, meaning that the male and female alternate calls, fit them into a tightly orchestrated pattern.
• California Quail nests can contain as many as 28 eggs. These large clutches may be the result of females laying eggs in nests other than their own, a behavior known as "egg-dumping."