A Quiet Day.
That's what I'm hoping for anyway. Saturday was a whirlwind of chores and a University of Oregon Football Game. Today, I'd like to read and stitch...and nap!
We've had lots of birds the last few days. I think our Goldfinch flock just grows and grows.
My exciting California Quail news: the "babies" are big enough now I've figured out how to tell the males from the females. This picture is of Daddy Quail - note the gray on his upper breast.
This is a young female - her breast is a brown/gray.
Here's Daddy Quail with two young sons - both have gray breasts.
This group of four is composed of two gals (on the left) - and two guys - one on the left, one of the right - easy! It'll be easier still when their topknots grow some more...
This amused me no end - a sunny Fall day and the Turkey Vultures had their wings spread wide - getting all the rays they could - basking really.
The Scrub Jays look the same male or female...rather pretty, if noisy, birds.
2 comments:
As always, interesting to see the birds from a different part of the country. Your gold finches must change to their winter coloring before ours here in Ohio. Can't imagine quails; those are very interesting to me.
Bobbi
Loved the bird pics! Those quail are so pretty!
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