Whoa...!! I did NOT know even that they Got that BIG!!!

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So I go out to this place again I've been trying to get a Coyote at. During my first set... I some point I scan the terrain again in the vicinity of the motion decoy... and now I notice a bird has landed on one of the branches on this dead tree.

Before raising my binos to check it (BTW, the Vortex Vultures are AMAZING at this location!) I assumed it was a Raven from the size of it. And like even for a Raven, the body would be significantly rounder and fuller than a typical desert Raven is.

So I raise up my binos and bada-bing... I see the tattle-tale single feather off the top of the head... NO BLEEPIN' WAY!!! THAT'S A QUAIL!?!!!

Could NOT believe what I saw! I have never in my whole life seen a Quail that damn huge!

I guess it's all this rain and all the billions of little tiny flowers and spike in insect population I suppose?

Anyhoo.. just thought I'd share... that damn thing was very near to the size of a large chicken!!!
 
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Larry said:
So I go out to this place again I've been trying to get a Coyote at. During my first set... I some point I scan the terrain again in the vicinity of the motion decoy... and now I notice a bird has landed on one of the branches on this dead tree.

Before raising my binos to check it (BTW, the Vortex Vultures are AMAZING at this location!) I assumed it was a Raven from the size of it. And like even for a Raven, the body would be significantly rounder and fuller than a typical desert Raven is.

So I raise up my binos and bada-bing... I see the tattle-tale single feather off the top of the head... NO BLEEPIN' WAY!!! THAT'S A QUAIL!?!!!

Could NOT believe what I say! I have never in my whole life seen a Quail that damn huge!

I guess it's all this rain and all the billions of little tiny flowers and spike in insect population I suppose?

Anyhoo.. just thought I'd share... that damn thing was very near to the size of a large chicken!!!
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Bigger!

Like I said... I at first figured it was your typical Desert Raven. The area is Tall Desert Hillside Ridges, and the Raven's and Crows Patrol non-stop with all the wind currents there are with all these fingers and draws.
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Here is a mountain quail. They’re bigger than the gambles or valley, about 11” tall, , and usually above 4000 feet. They are rarer and more secretive that valleys. I finally got my first couple of shots at one this year after years of trying to bag one but came up empty

Frank
 

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You guys are funny. Mt Quail are a little bigger than California or gambles quail but really it isn’t noticeable.
I would put my money that Larry saw a band tail pigeon. More than likely if it was a quail up in a tree you would have heard it this time of year.
I don’t even think a pheasant is 15” tall.
 
Sorry - got the height w type, wingspan is 15”, height about 11”. They’re much larger than valleys and it’s noticable
 
Mt Quail are blue I like to shoot them. If you pluck them they all look the same. Depending on where you were in the San Bernadinos it could have been a Chukar as well.
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Truduct said:
You guys are funny. Mt Quail are a little bigger than California or gambles quail but really it isn’t noticeable.
I would put my money that Larry saw a band tail pigeon. More than likely if it was a quail up in a tree you would have heard it this time of year.
I don’t even think a pheasant is 15” tall.
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Ditto I’ve shot a lot of Gamble,Valley and Mt Quail and they are very similar in size, not even any where near a Raven or Crow
 
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