Scaled quail

Scaled quail by ricmcarthur
Scaled quail, a photo by ricmcarthur on Flickr.

This wasn’t a bird we expected to see on our Texas trip.
We were at Falcon Dam and heard they were at the park.
We sat in the bird blind for about 10 minutes and got the scaled quail, bob white, green tailed towhee and spotted towhee.
If they were all that easy we probably wouldn’t bother.
Yah, we would.

Callipepla squamata

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