Subject: Bobwhite
Date: Dec 6 18:17:29 1996
From: "W. William Woods" - wwwbike at halcyon.com


At dusk, about 4 p.m. out our east window, where we feed our ground birds
wild-birdseed and cracked corn under a large western redcedar tree, we saw
four Northern Bobwhite, one female and three males. We regularly see our
flock of California Quail, so when we looked out the window and noticed
four plump, brownish birds with white-and-black-striped faces, we looked
again. We have resident towhees, song sparrows, juncos, winter resident
varied thrushes, plus fox sparrows when it snows, but Bobwhite never
before. We have not heard them around our place. Where did they come from?
Quite exciting to be keeping a small covey of Bobwhite alive through our
cold and wet fall and winter season!

Bill and Erin Woods Woods Tree Farm Redmond, WA U.S.A.
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