Every trip up the mountain to San Pedro Mártir National Park in Baja California, turns up countless California Quail.
I have never seen as many, however, as during a visit in August of this year.
While exploring Meling Ranch, I must have seen many many hundreds, if not thousands of quail!
Here are a few:
Footprints of a large flock catch the evening sun:
This quail was serving as a sentinel, keeping an eye out for danger as its flock fed below:
The same bird from a different angle becomes a silhouette:
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