California Quail (Callipepla californica) Male photo by Larry Jordan
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I’ve never seen a male quail up close. It’s beautiful. Wish I could photograph them. I think you need a special lens for taking photos of them, which I don’t have. Oh well, I’ll stick to drawing them instead.
@Sheila they are rather fanciful aren’t they? This was taken with my digiscoping setup