It’s Baby Time

One of the things I like about this time of the year is all the baby quails.  We have two different quail species in our area – Scaled Quail and Gambrels Quail.   The parents will have up to 12 – 15 babies and we often see them running across the road when the babies are tiny – just about the size of a small mouse.  It’s almost impossible to get a picture when they’re that small.  They’re too small to get into our courtyard so we only see them when we’re driving.

A couple of weeks later they’re large enough to get into our courtyard so we can see them.  Great time of year.

This is a Scaled Quail brood.