I moved to Ladysmith (about 80 mi. north of Victoria) on Vancouver Island earlier this year and have frequently seen the local resident California Quail families parading around our neighborhood, along the roadways in our mobile home park, as well as through the gardens and grounds. Just last week I spotted a family group with older juvs. and some wee babies. And I though it seemed a bit late for such tiny ones!
Barbara Fysh
Ladysmith BC
email bcbeejay at hotmail.com

Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Quail Young
To: Steve Ellis <sellis at coup.wednet.edu>
Cc: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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I checked the Birds of North America account for the California Quail, and it
states "hatching late May to Aug across the North American range; occasionally
as early as first week of May and as late as early Sep."
I never knew they would nest this late, thanks for sharing this with us Steve.

Mike Donahue
Seattle





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Message: 29
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:17:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Guy McWethy <lguy_mcw at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Late Black-headed Grosbeak?
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Tweets,
saw a Juvenile Black-headed Grosbeak in the yard this
morning. Not having seen one in the yard for almost a
month, this struck me as rather odd.
And given the last posts about late or early birds, I
figured I would post an RFI to see if anyone else
thought this was rather late for a BH Grosbeak to be
around?
Guy

Guy McWethy
Renton, WA
mailto: lguy_mcw at yahoo.com




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