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na-bird-of-the-day · 7 months

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BOTD: Scaled Quail

Photo: Grigory Heaton

"Dry southwestern grasslands provide a home for this blue-gray quail. Coveys of Scaled Quail travel about on foot; even when disturbed, they tend to run rather than flying. In the concealing cover of the short grass they can be inconspicuous except in spring, when males often call from atop fenceposts or exposed rocks. At night, coveys of Scaled Quail roost on the ground in dense low growth."

- Audubon Field Guide

#birds #scaled quail #birds of north america #north american birds #quail #quails #birds of the us #birds of mexico #landfowl #bird watching #birdblr #birblr #bird of the day #Callipepla squamata

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birds-and-friends · 2 years

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Scaled Quail, in a “classic outward-facing circle”!

Deb Whitecotton - ML21489811

#animals #birds #quail #scaled quail #wildlife #photo #op

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chaoticdesertdweller · 17 days

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Scaled Quail in the Big Bend

📸 Tim McKenna

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hiimlesphotos · 2 months

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Rock Perch

#photography #nikon #scaled quail #bird on a rock #rockhound state park #luna county #new mexico #hiimles

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peribirb · 1 year

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Quails tryin' to set up a nest right outside the back door, smh

#quail #bird #birds #scaled quail #desert animals

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bird-of-the-day · 2 years

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^image: By ALAN SCHMIERER - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sloalan/16935159393/, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57031708

Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)

The Scaled Quail, getting its wonderfully rhyming name from the scale-like feather patterns, is found in arid regions from the Southwestern United States to Central Mexico. Scaled Quails are opportunistic feeders and consume more grass seeds than other quail species. When they are disturbed, they hide in clumps of grass or in snakeweed.

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aldenfreed · 2 months

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#scaled quail #new mexico #quail #bird #bird illustration #graphite #graphite portrait #Callipepla squamata

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its-a-beautful-day · 2 months

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In memory of Kaiju and as a gift to @kaijutegu

I wanted to represent tumblr's favorite lizard with her favorite food and the smile we'll remember her by 💖

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persimmontartkisses · 18 days

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The quail are laying again. Spring is in full session 🙏

#spring time #quail #quail eggs #small scale hobby farming #my arachnodactyly is subtle until i take pictures of my hands then everything looks off #small eggs long fingers

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audley-and-cherry · 8 months

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ANYWAY the reason why I haven't tried quail eggs yet is because the only farm near me that sells them flies Trump flags and lol, no. Even my foodie ass won't go to those depths.

#quail eggs #small scale farming #fash and organic farming

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uglyducklingofthe2000s · 5 months

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hello! i don’t know if you’d be up for it but maybe max with a shy reader? loved your lando series so much! xx

Little Mouse (Mouse series) - Max Verstappen

I actually love the dynamic of Max with a shy reader, he's incredibly protective and they're deffo the he talks while she listens type of dynamic. Also think I've gone one up on the shyness scale of the Lando series.

Max has never been overly fond of his relationships being up for public scrutiny especially since he is so widely hated, the idea of it coming back on the person he loves in a negative way boils his blood just from the thought.

Y/n coming into his life, he knew from the moment he saw her that he needed to protect her and make sure they got into a relationship as soon as possible. So he wasted no time managing to get her on a date.

Her shy demeanour has earned her the nickname of "mouse" from Max, originally little mouse but he shortened it.

"Hey, mouse." Max smiles as she appears in the garage, having been hiding out in the Red Bull unit. "Everything ok?"

"Yeah, it's ok." She nods as he gently pushes her hair back from her face smiling at her while she shifts a little always easily nervous being the centre of his attention in front of so many people.

"Hi, y/n." Christian greets making her smile and wave at him.

Most of the team has yet to so much as hear her voice above a whisper. Max knows that they wish they could get closer to her and in some ways he wishes they got to see her the way he does. But the truth is she's not much of a talker. Max talks and she listens, intrigued by his every thought and word with a genuine look of interest. Which is either perfected acting or really her showing that she loves him so much that his rambling about all sorts of stuff that is mainly F1 or gaining related.

He does listen and make an extra effort to give her the time to talk when she does feel like it.

Not one of the fans or media have got evidence that she actually talks and some of them even think she might be a mute.

Max gets called to do something but ends up pulling y/n to stand with him, knowing she'd never actually admit it because she doesn't want to be a burden on him. But she prefers sticking close to him. Meanwhile, Max has admitted and said several times that he wants y/n close by and in arms reach at all times.

So while he holds one hand behind her back feeling her gently play with his hand as she focuses on her phone to pass the time.

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Y/n likes to find a quiet corner of Max's side of the garage, not sitting among the rest of the guests.

Right now they're in qualifying for Qatar and certainly not to y/n's surprise, Max gets P1. He does the usual post-quail interview for the top 3 positions before heading into his garage where he smiles seeing y/n in the holed up corner.

"Come on, we're going to my drivers room." Max states after a brief exchange with GP.

Y/n smiles standing up and taking his hand to let him guide her.

"You did good out there, how did it feel?" Y/n asks once they're in his driver's room knowing that Qatar is set to be a race, similar to or possibly worse than Singapore.

"Hot. I think I will be ok. Nothing I'm not trained to handle." Max assures her as he gets out of the sweaty driver's suit and fireproofs. "How do you think I did, mouse?"

"You did, amazing. As always." Y/n smiles softly as she shrugs off her vintage Red Bull Racing jacket which is probably one of her most cherished items that is probably one of her favourite things in her wardrobe.

Despite being the most silent WAG on the grid, but she's become iconic to a lot of fans for her jacket that she wears every single race weekend and is often spotted in even when they're not in the race weekend.

One thing about Max when it comes to y/n, since she doesn't have the interest of being in the spotlight. She is rarely shown in the media and Max has done a lot to protect her from most of the hard judgement that comes with her position in his life.

As Max showers, y/n sits waiting for him to be done as he talks through his shower about the qualifying and how it felt. How he feels about the sprint tomorrow.

He hates them. In fact his dislike is growing more and more with every one that passes.

It's only when he steps out the shower and y/n smiles using the towel as a method to hug him which leads to him leaning down smiling into a kiss with her.

"I'll get to the debrief and make it quick like usual. Then we can get out of here and back to the hotel."

"Sounds good. I'm going to grab something to eat...Do you want something?"

"Yes, please." Max nods while moving his hand up to tuck some strands behind her ear. "Are you ok?"

"You worry too much." Y/n giggles softly earning such a bright smile from her boyfriend you'd think she'd just given him the best news of his life. But the truth is that he really just genuinely gets that happy.

"I just don't want anyone to upset you." Max frowns while she smiles at him and shakes her head a little. "Come get me if you need anything."

He always says it, but they both know if she needs anything, the last thing she'll be doing is interrupting the debrief. She could lose a limb and she's sit silently waiting for him to finish up.

Max walks y/n to the canteen kissing her before he departs and heads off for the debrief.

Y/n seats herself at the window after she's grabbed a plate, choosing to people watch as they rush around the paddock. Mainly fans who have gained access. Some have even spotted her and obviously caught some pictures of her in the moment.

Max hates that people can't just leave her alone, but she knows it's just human nature to be curious about her.

"Mouse." Max states suddenly making her jump, knocking the table and her drink onto the floor.

"Shit." Y/n mutters rushing to pick up the glass. "Oh."

Max chuckles since her lack of talking means very rarely does he hear her curse and the softness of her voice contrasting the choice of words is always just a little amusing to him.

"Don't worry, mouse. I'll get something to clean it up." Max smiles while she frowns with a heavy sigh.

After it's cleaned up, y/n puts the food she got for Max in her bag and sighs with a smile when he practically snatches her bag to carry it for her.

Max says bye to most of the people they pass while y/n waves with a smile, heading to Max's car where he opens the door for her.

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Max has such a specific routine the night on race weekends, when it gets knocked out of sync he always has to nudge his quiet but seriously unorganised girlfriend back into the right step.

"Mouse, hurry up. It's bed time." Max states plugging his phone into charge as he drops down onto the bed. "Mouse!"

Y/n appears from the bathroom looking unimpressed by him actually shouting, not that it was out of anger or annoyance but he clearly just assumed she was purposely ignoring him. As she has in the past when he's rushing her own nightly routine to keep up with him.

"Yes?" Y/n questions making Max grin at her, the few times she gets short with him are few and far between but he can't help but find it a little bit funny.

"Come cuddle with me." Max instructs not in some cute and soft manner but as if he is following a step-by-step of a specific routine.

Y/n sighs climbing into the bed and smiling at the feeling of Max's body wrapping around her. Thankfully the hotel room has very effective air-con so the hot and humid night isn't effecting them. Otherwise y/n would definitely be finding the strength to push him away.

"Goodnight, mouse." Max whispers when he realises he's on the verge of sleep already.

"Goodnight."

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herpsandbirds · 8 months

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Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata), family Odontophoridae, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

photograph by ALAN SCHMIERER

#callipepla #odontophoridae #quail #galliform #bird #ornithology #animals #nature #north america

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birds-and-friends · 2 years

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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

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kedreeva · 11 months

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I didn’t know there were different species of quail?! I thought all males had the silly (cute) forehead feather. If you want to tell us all about quail, I would love to hear, but I also possess the Googles. Anyway, your birds make me smile. Thank you for posting about them.

oh there's like a million species lol I don't know much about any of them, just names and I can recognize a lot of them. I raised Bobwhite quail (my favorites) for wild local release since they're native to michigan.

I'm raising Celadon quail now, which are coturnix with the celadon (Ce) gene, which strips their eggs of the splotchy bloom coating, leaving them blue.

Here's what the wild type looks like:

There's a species of coturnix called a rain quail:

The ones with the little head doot you're PROBABLY thinking of are valley quail (California quail, I think they're also called?).

And the really similar Gambel's quail:

There's button quail

blue scaled quail which have a crest, not a doot

Montezuma quail which honestly may be a very big hoax I mean look at these fuckers:

Which are different somehow than the ocellated quail which are just as ridiculous:

Mountain quail which couldn't decide if it wanted a crest or a doot I guess:

the elegant quail:

there's a bunch more too, but. yeah quail come in all sorts of Shapes and colors. they're neat little birds. I think the bobwhites, valley, gambel's, scaled, mountain, and uhhhh montezuma quails? are native to the US, but not all of them are in every state.

#quails #quail #my pets #asks #birds

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hiimlesphotos · 2 years

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Rock Dance

#photography #nikon #scaled quail #bird on a rock #rockhound state park #luna county #new mexico #hiimles

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thelostcanyon · 1 year

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Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata), Christmas Mountains Oasis, Brewster County, Texas.

#birds #trans-pecos #texas #chihuahuan desert #photographers on tumblr

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