Post #2213357
2026-04-06 15:08 UTC
A quintet of California quail dropped by the house over the weekend — a first, though I've seen them in the neighborhood before. They're very round! And usually pretty hard to see lurking in the underbrush. But for about 5 minutes some of them perched in a nearby oak at a spot where I could point my lens through the foliage.
#birds #birding #telephoto #California #NaturePhotography
Replies (3)
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@bosquebill@techhub.social 2026-04-06 15:14
@stshank@mstdn.social Awesome! I have a friend who has placed a quail block in her backyard within sight of her window so she can watch the quail families come in.
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@va2lam@mastodon.nz 2026-04-06 15:15
@stshank@mstdn.social borbs! They also have been imported to NZ and probably were the first good bird pictures I took, in wildlife reserve Zealandia.
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@darkuncle@infosec.exchange 2026-04-06 18:13
@stshank@mstdn.social those are somehow the fanciest birds despite not being as formal as penguins or as flashy as anything in New Guinea, Madagascar, etc. Something about the headgear …