[Tweeters] California Quail in Magnolia, Seattle

[Steven L. Buck]

We didn’t see an actual bird but Merlin made multiple IDs of California Quail along the Capehart trail in Discovery Park (Magnolia,Seattle) on Saturday 5/14. Could have been a single bird.

Steve

On May 17, 2023, at 5:20 PM, Rachel Lawson <rwlawson5593 at outlook.com> wrote:


Just now, we heard the familiar but unexpected call of a California Quail coming from high in a big tree in our Magnolia yard. We ran it by Merlin to see if we were imagining things, but Merlin concurred. Then when we played the call, the quail
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Just now, we heard the familiar but unexpected call of a California Quail coming from high in a big tree in our Magnolia yard.  We ran it by Merlin to see if we were imagining things, but Merlin concurred.  Then when we played the call, the quail flew out of the tree onto our roof, where it strutted back and forth calling repeatedly.  It is still up there calling.

As far as I know, California Quail were extirpated from Discovery Park many years ago.  It's hard to believe a wild bird is wandering round the neighborhood.  It's certainly possible someone nearby is keeping quail as aviary birds.  Does anyone know?

A link to a photo is below.

Rachel Lawson
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rwlawson5593 at outlook.com

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