[SBB] California Quail Nesting

[Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]>]

Folks:

There has been some recent discussion of the timing this year of 
nesting quail.  Atlasers recorded 271 groups of precocial young and 
79 groups of fledged young from 1987 to 2005.  For quail, the 
distinction between precocial and fledged young can be tricky, as the 
downy young develop flight feathers so quickly.  Seventy-five percent 
of all records occurred between 4 Jun and 16 Jul (PY) and 3 Jun and 
30 Jul (FL).  Median dates were 30 Jun (PY) and 3 Jul (FL).  Recent 
observations appear to fit this pattern.

Bill Bousman
Santa Clara County records compiler 



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