Californian Quail

I threw some stale bread on the lawn this morning and this quail was pretty happy. Normally you see quite a few of them together but this one seemed to be "Nigel No Mates". After he had eaten he washed his face in the wet grass and fluffed out his feathers...very contended. The numbers in this area are really growing, and much and all as I do love them, I am not happy when I find them in the vegetable garden, scratching around, and nibbling the plants. I need to cover all the young plants with netting to let them get established.

It has been another grey wet day, sitting around with the fire going.