It has been a very busy weekend and I haven’t had much opportunity to get out and take photos. Today, I was cutting back weeds and plants in our “lunar bin” area and had a couple of visitors. One was a covey of quail and the other was our neighbors cat who was enjoying the catnip.
In the quail photo, you can see how the chicks and hens have pretty much taken over the place. But they add color to an otherwise dreary landscape, so I’m glad they are growing so well.
Maralee
Through My Lens 
I love visitors of all kind. Problem is they run or fly away when I go to my backyard. Glad you captured these photos to share with us.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
The quail usually fly away before I can get too close. I had my 300mm lens on my camera so I was able to stay some distance away and then I cropped the photo so it looks closer than I actually was.
The quail are awesome. We don’t get those around here. Thanks for posting.
They’re pretty interesting looking birds. They will have babies soon and then we’ll have the whole family running through the yard. They’ll have a dozen or so babies.
Wow, your quail are colorful. The ones we have around here are a drab brown. I suppose that gives them better camouflage from the hawks. It’s quite interesting how the different populations have evolved!
I think it’s only the males that have color. If you look at the two on the right, they’re pretty plain. It may have just been the way the sun was hitting the one. There was another one in my neighbor’s yard that had some color that I tried to capture, but it flew into the tree as soon as I started looking at it.
Have to agree with bluelyon, ours are so drab, these are beautifully coloured.
Most of the quail I see are pretty drab but I’ve seen a few with some color. They must be males. Most male birds are prettier than the female birds.
The Quail – what a lucky fellow .. he has two girlfriends. *smile – what a wonderful bird. Love that blue on his chest. Today is photo day for me .. will talk away with the camera a little later, when then sun isn’t that bright. Great shots – again.
Thanks, Viveka. We had such a gorgeous weekend but now we’re supposed to have rain showers for a couple of days.
How sweet to have them stop in…
Hey you just about gave me a brain freeze with the day 220 🙂
Ooops. I guess I’m getting ahead of myself. You’re the only one who caught that. Thanks for letting me know so I could fix it. 🙂