Went and called a couple of coyote stands this morning and on my way home I notice this little round bird sitting right at the edge of the gravel.
I thought..."Surely not", but as I rolled past it was in fact a quail.
Hmmmm, that's strange. So, I stopped, put the truck in reverse and slowly backed up to it. "IT" turned out to be "THEM".
I kept taking pictures as I was rolling back just knowing that they were going to flush any minute.
Until I was right next to them!
I sat there right next to them and they never flushed. So, I got out and walked toward them and they STILL didn't flush!
Once I was almost within arms reach (literally!), most of them scattered running and two finally flew to the other side of the road.
Even the ones that ran, only ran a short distance.
I have never seen wild bobwhites behave like this. I've only been around Courtnix Quail a couple of times, is that what these are?
There's always the possibility that they're escaped pen raised birds, but it doesn't seem real likely given the location.
I thought..."Surely not", but as I rolled past it was in fact a quail.
Hmmmm, that's strange. So, I stopped, put the truck in reverse and slowly backed up to it. "IT" turned out to be "THEM".
I kept taking pictures as I was rolling back just knowing that they were going to flush any minute.
Until I was right next to them!
I sat there right next to them and they never flushed. So, I got out and walked toward them and they STILL didn't flush!
Once I was almost within arms reach (literally!), most of them scattered running and two finally flew to the other side of the road.
Even the ones that ran, only ran a short distance.
I have never seen wild bobwhites behave like this. I've only been around Courtnix Quail a couple of times, is that what these are?
There's always the possibility that they're escaped pen raised birds, but it doesn't seem real likely given the location.
