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Woodpile quail youngsters

7/27/2014

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Hope this little bird can grow into those feet
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Late evening light - the wood pile quail youngsters out and about with their parents, looking larger but still with baby feathers


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Male woodpile quail, "on guard" at top of pile
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Female adult quail with small group of youngsters
Not far from the quail, at the end of the lower orchard where it intersects with a small woodland area near a field of tall grasses, I found a family of ash-throated flycatchers - however the light was mostly against me, and just got a few good photos.
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Ash-throated flycatcher
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The flycatchers were quite animated, and were feeding in the tall grasses before I scattered them with my intrusion, and chattered back and forth to each other, beautiful, melodic tones in the bright early evening light.
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First sight of babies inside the bluebird nest - you can just see an open beak as one of the adults delivers food
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One of the juvenile bluebirds still visiting nest with tiny worms - goes to the nest hole as if delivering food, not sure the chicks inside actually respond.

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Small pacific slope flycatcher on the mailbox this morning!


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Pacific slope flycatcher, chirping occasionally while looking for insects in the side yard
This little bird jumps around a lot, and will return to different perches in the same area while hunting
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...jumped onto the utility cable...
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Pacific slope flycatcher at the end of a branch
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Acorns and apples are ripening throughout the orchard

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