Birds:
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Common Name: California Quail | ||||
| Species: Callipepla California | |||||
| Type: upland bird | |||||
| Description: A little bigger then a pigeon, but has a short black teardrop-shaped plume. It flies with explosive burst of speed over short distances. Alternates series of rapid stiff wing beats with short glides. They can be seen in gardens, lawn sprinklers, eating from feeders with grain spilled on the ground. Their average weight is 6 1/4 ounces. | Habitat: Most of these birds can be found in bushes, shrubs, thickets and undergrowth; tropical lowland, areas of scrub vegetation, frequently with thorns, wooded canyons and mountains. And found in open forests; more space between the trees, tundra forest, and semi open areas. | ||||
| Food: Feed on most anything that can be found in grass lands; things such as grass and different kinds of seeds. They also can be seen at feeding stations with small seed on the ground and man-made water sources. | Enemies: Large number of quails were killed by market hunters, and later on they were replaced by sportsmen. | ||||
| Range & migration: A resident from Southern Oregon to Baja California. Also seen in Pacific North West, Idaho, and other inland states | Reproduction: 12 to 14 eggs are incubated by the female for 18-23 days. They breed April to June and make their nests in shallow depression lines with grass. The young fly at about 14 days but they stay with their parents for about 28 days. There is one brood a year | ||||
| More information: They have been timed flying at 38 to 58 miles per hour. They don’t fly all at once. The members locate each other with their assembly call.They roost in trees or shrubs at dusk. | Links: http://www.e-nature.org |
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