Wesley's Backyard Birds
California Quail

The California Quail, member of the pheasant family, is resident from southern British Columbia southward through Baja California, including some eastward states such as western parts of Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Arizona. The California Quail became the official state bird of California in 1931. The topknot looks like a single feather, but it is actually a cluster of six overlapping plumes. The California Quail digests vegetation with the help of protozoans in its intestine, chicks acquire the protozoans by pecking at the feces of adults. Mated pairs call antiphonally: they alternate calls and fit them into a specific pattern.
California Quail
California Quail - Male
California Quail - Female				California Quail - Mating
California Quail and Mourning Doves