Nice pics. When I was a kid I roamed the woods trying to learn about wildlife in RI. Long story short, I made a lucky rock throw and killed a Bobwhite and then just left it there. It was a hard lesson in hunting ethics and it still stings after 35 years.
Quail used to scare the crap out of me when I was a kid in Oklahoma. I'd be walking out in the back field and a whole lot of them would explode right in front of you...bout gave a kid a heart attack.
I remember seeing my first quail... Everyone one within a mile knew I seen one too... I was a real man though, I only screamed for a second!!
How cool! Can't say I have ever seen any. Used to have them down on the farm in Ohio from what I was told.
Very nice. I really like the quail. We don't have a lot of them around here anymore, even though I recently have had a couple start sitting in trees in my yard and whistiling.