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Keeping a lookout for the mom and new baby (pic 2 zoom in)
from back window at Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center.
First two pictures are males, last two are female.
About the size of a Rock Pigeon, colored as shown. Females lack the pronounced ...
Plump and gray with a maroon and black head and black comma shaped topknot on ...
A desert quail, sitting and making an effort to ignore me at all costs
These birds would arrive in the neighborhood in flocks usually clustering in ...
I found this nest underneath a board in the desert. After taking a picture, I ...
A male Gambel's quail perch within a large salt cedar shrub. Male gambel's have ...
Gray, with a black mask, beak, and top knots. They have coppery plumage, and ...
A male of the species. Brightly colored and healthy-looking.
They're usually ground dwellers, but the first time I saw one of these, it was ...
These little gamebirds are so cool. The first pic is a male, the second is a ...
This bird is easily recognized by the slender, plume-shaped crest, which often ...
My aunt saw the quail on the nest, but she was away when I came along, so I ...
Principally a ground-dwelling bird. This was spotted in Patagonia, AZ in a ...
A small male Gambel's Quail with a large black plume on his head.
This beautiful, conspicuous bird is easily recognized by the slender, ...
Young ones in the first picture, and the whole family in the second. These were ...
From allaboutbirds.org: "A bird of the Desert Southwest, Gambel's Quail is ...
Medium quail, gray upperparts and breast, scaled gray nape, black patch on ...
Richly patterned in gray, chestnut, and cream that can serve as excellent ...
Though hard to see in my awful photos, the body is gray, face black, and they ...
Like other quail, Gambel's Quail are plump, volleyball-sized birds with short ...
A Gambel's quail is ground feeder, that has a small feather on the top of its ...
Richly patterned in gray, chestnut, and cream that can serve as excellent ...
Similar to the California Quail. The ranges of these two quails do not overlap. ...
