California Quail field notes, v1295
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W.V. Francis 1963. California Quail April 26. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co. with the assembly calls. I located the "outside" bird perched on the top of the pen (area A-8), at 0653; this bird now shifted "Cow!" calls, without response from penned birds; the & and another pair in sight feeding on green leaves. 0710 Scattered 25 oz. can of pigeon grains. 0820 Returned to Behavior lab and heard assembly & cow calls from at least 3 different points around the lab. In the pen at 0825 I heard a bird giving repeated cow calls from outside, apparently in brush along Grizzly Peak Blvd. Three birds in the pen were running along the fence apparently responding to the calls. Red & and Black & were most active and close together in this; the other wandered slowly off & remaining motionless much of the time. Timed 31 consecutive cow calls in 5 minutes from bird outside, who continued calling as he had been before this period. At 0833, the other in this group, now seen to be Green,