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Whimsical Wings, Take Flight


I ♥ Bird Watching
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11 January 2012
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rhamphotheca: fairy-wren: eastern bluebird (photo by raymond j barlow)
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11 January 2012
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rhamphotheca: animalworld: CALIFORNIA QUAIL or VALLEY QUAIL Callipepla californica ©Quality Quail The California quail lives in grasslands, foothills, woodlands, canyons and at the edge of deserts. It likes areas with lots of brush. The California quail eats seeds, plant parts and sometimes. They feed in flocks in the early morning. Males often compete for a mate. They mate with only one female. Females usually lay between 12-16 cream and brown speckled eggs. Their nest is a shallow hollow or scrape in the ground that is lined with grass. The female incubates the eggs for about three weeks. Both parents care for the chicks. The chicks leave the nest shortly after birth. They make their first attempts at flight when they are about 10 days old, and will fly when flushed but generally prefer to run for cover. As adults they roost in trees as a group. The California State Bird. Other posts: Mourning Dove Rooster on a cold Morning Green Pheasant
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mabelmoments: Thousands of green budgerigars have appeared at Arubiddy (an 800,000 acre station seven hours drive east of Kalgoorlie, West Australia) in recent weeks. Picture: Barbara Brown
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allcreatures: More than one million flamingos gather together at a lake. Photographer Steve Garvie from Fife in Scotland, captured the scene while on holiday in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley. The number of flamingos has recently been estimated at 1.5 million. Picture: Steve Garvie/ Solent News