Quail Sighting

Design - "Watermellon"

Chart - "123 August"

Designer - Curtis Boehringer

Fabric - 32 count Antique White Jobelan

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 4 August 2016

Completed - 5 August 2016 

For the second year in a row, there's been next to no Quail families. 

This widower with two kids is the only group I've seen in 3 weeks or so.

I think bobcats and the like have made it very difficult for the quail.

I noticed this week, that almost ALL the mature male Black-headed Grosbeaks have left the year.

They are the first to head north in the spring and the first to head south in late summer.

I still have oodles of young Black-headed Grosbeaks to enjoy for a while. 

Not an unusual bird, but a rare visitor for me.

A female REd-winged Blackbird.

I had a small group of three until a hawk flew in.

Reliables:

Black-capped Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee