Thread: Californian Quail

Nice photos.

We love seeing those little fluff-balls following Mum and Dad around at this time of the year... so cute! The attrition rate is definitely high though with cats, stoats and hawks taking a high toll. That said, the population is very healthy here.

Quail are just so funny to watch. My daughter and I had a real laugh last week watching 4 or 5 of them playing in a dust bath. They had a race course set up... like a BMX track... and they were running around this little track chasing each other. It was about a 1 square metre long route and had bumps and rocks in it. They were at it for about 6 or 7 minutes, then moved on.

If I knew what to do with them I'd harvest the odd one or two.