The return of the Northern bobwhite.



Rondeau Provincial Park, May 6, 2023.
The bobwhite returned or stayed in the immediate area.
It shows well for 25-35 birders and non-birders.
At one point the was a kerfuffle in a brush pile and the bobwhite chased a Virginia rail out.
Another new yard bird although I didn't get a photo of the rail.
After the crowds left the bobwhite returned to our yard had a drink and foraged a bit, then wandered off for the night.
Colinus virginianus.
The bobwhite genus is represented by more than 700 known fossils, dug up in sites ranging from Florida to Arizona to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Some of these fossils are at least 2.5 million years old.
source - allaboutbirds-org.

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