#Gambel's quail

[fatchance]

Gambel's quail / cordoniz de Gambel (Calipeppla gambelii) at Desert Botanical Garden. That's Papa Quail at top, and a gangly-awkward juvenile below.

#photographers on tumblr #Gambel's quail #Calipeppla gambelii #Desert Botanical Garden #Phoenix #Arizona

[seathernycolors]

peent

#woodcock wednesday #get held idiot #ornithology #birblr #traditional art #sketchbook #who farded #american woodcock #cackling goose #budgerigar #blyth's rose finch #gambel's quail #timothy jimothy bubs #PEENT #feeb

[aevris]

a couple of quails

#birds #illustration #gambel's quail #art #nature illustration

[birds-and-friends]

Quails in the genus Callipepla - california, gambel’s, scaled and elegant

Photos from Macaulay Library: Paul Fenwick - ML54069561 | Brandon Nidiffer - ML389091521 | Antonio Robles - ML203833111 | Bryan Calk - ML197015331

#animals #birds #wildlife #quail #california quail #gambel's quail #scaled quail #elegant quail #photo #op

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Gambel’s Quail - Arizona

Photographer: Jason Polak

#jason polak #photographer #gambel's quail #arizona #bird photography #nature #animal

[dwmmphotography]

And now, some desert borbs.

Gambel's quail.

And that most iconic of desert borbs (southwestern USA), the greater roadrunner.

#borb #bird #bird photography #gambel's quail #quail #greater roadrunner #roadrunner #bosque del apache #national wildlife refuge #abqbiopark #roadrunners are cuckoos #but not nest parasitic cuckoos #new mexico birds

[cashmerecrow]

#gambel's quail #quail #bird photography #nature photography #birds #cottagecore #gardencore #photography #naturecore #nature #animals #animal photography #orthinology #do not upload on other sites/steal

[skidar]

Yeehawgust: Day 6 Wide Open Spaces

#skidar art #yeehawgust #yeehawgust 2023 #gambel's quail #wide open spaces

[dogwise]

Gambel's quails (Callipepla gambelii)

#Gambel's quail #quail #Callipepla gambelii #bird #birdblr

[findingmindely]

Symbol and letter birbs

#art #drawing #digital art #animals #sketch #digital sketch #nature #cute #illustration #procreate #birds #digital illustration #birb #birbs #budgie #budgerigar #parakeet #quail #gambel's quail #canary

[bumble-b-goode]

art i did for me dad

#my art #birds #quail #gambel's quail #quail go :V

[hiimlesphotos]

Looking

#photography #nikon #gambel's quail #backyard birding #grant county #new mexico #hiimles

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Gambel’s Quail (Callipepla gambelii)

(Photo by Jason Vassallo)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Southwestern United States; Mexico

Size (Weight/Length)- 200 g

Diet- Leaves; Fruits; Seeds; Insects

Cool Facts- The Gambel’s quail is a species of ground quail that is surprisingly speedy despite their short legs. While both sexes have their iconic topknots and scaly looking wings, only males have their brilliant facial markings. Being monogamous, during the fall juvenile males will start courting females. Finding a high spot, such as a large rock, bush, or the top of a cactus, the males stretch their heads out and coo. After winning over a mate and raising a family, the chicks often stay with their parents to raise the next generation of their siblings before splitting off.

Rating- 12/10 (My Coturnix have made me love all quail species.)

#Animal of the day #Animals #Birds #Quail #Saturday #November 26 #Gambel's quail #biology #science #conservation #the more you know

[uwmspeccoll]

A Sand County Feathursday

One of the most noteworthy books to come out of Wisconsin is A Sand County Almanac by the equally noteworthy Wisconsin naturalist and conservationist Aldo Leopold (1887-1948). Considered a landmark in the American conservation movement, A Sand County Almanac is a collection of essays mainly concerning the land around Leopold’s home in Sauk County, Wisconsin, that advocates the author’s idea of a "land ethic," or a responsible relationship between people and the land they inhabit.

Our copy is a first edition published in New York by Oxford University Press in 1949 with illustrations by the American wildlife artist and fellow conservationist Charles W. Schwartz (1914-1991). The book was published a year after Leopold’s death so he never got to witness its significant impact on the conservation and environmentalist movements. 

Schwartz made a special emphasis on depicting the avian inhabitants of Sauk County, and we show a few of those images here that include Canada Geese (Branta canadensis), Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus), American Woodcocks (Scolopax minor), and a Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). A couple of other species shown here are from Leopold’s visits to Mexico and the American southwest, Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii) and Clark’s Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana).

The image of the chickadee being annoyed by its newly banded leg has a particularly charming description:

65290 was one of 7 chickadees constituting the ‘class of 1937.’ When he first entered our trap, he showed no visible evidence of genius. Like his classmates, his valor for suet was greater than his discretion. Like his classmates, he bit my finger while being taken out of the trap. When banded and released he fluttered up to a limb, pecked his new aluminum anklet in mild annoyance, and hurried away to catch up with the gang. It is doubtful whether he drew any philosophical deductions from his experience,  . . . for he was caught again three times that same winter. . . . By the fifth winter 65290 was the sole survivor of his generation. Signs of genius were still lacking, but of his extraordinary capacity for living, there was now historical proof.

Our copy of A Sand County Almanac is from the collection of another heralded Milwaukee-area environmentalist and activist, Lorrie Otto. 

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#Feathursday #Aldo Leopold #Charles W. Schwartz #A Sand County Almanac #Oxford University Press #Canada Goose #Black-capped Chickadee #American Woodcock #Mallard #Gambel's Quail #Clark's Nutcracker #Lorrie Otto #wildlife art #bird art #birds #birbs!

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IMG_0013 by Henry Via Flickr: Black crown night heron

#Bird #Birds #Canon #Nature #Vermillion fly catcher #Black crown night heron #Juvenile black crown night heron #Gambel's Quail #flickr

[fatchance]

Gambel’s quail / codorniz de Gambel (Callipepla gambelii).

At Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary, Cochise County, Arizona. 

#photographers on tumblr #birds #birding #Gambel's quail #Callipepla gambelii #Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary #Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory #Cochise County #Arizona