California Quail field notes, v1295
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W. J. Francis 1963. California Quail Aug. 19. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co. one of the Orange immatures. 0927. φ3 ♂ chased both Orange immatures from B-8 near his chicks. One Orange imm- drunk at the water hole. Aug. 20. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda County, 1503. ♀ with brood of downy chicks (larger Black brood) in B-9. 1510 ♂ and ♀ with chicks in B-10 (Silver family?) and (Green?) ♂ with 3 immatures in E-10. 1531 (Silver?) pair with 3 chicks ran along fence in B-10. 1533 at least 4 Green immatures crunched at the base of E-9 eucalyptus (in sunshine), another joined them, and 2 or more other birds, including an adult ♂ in back of bush. 1549 Black ♀ with chicks and φ5 ♀ with chicks fed in center near waterhole and a few chicks drank. I could count only 13 definitely of the rather widely scattered chicks with two broods mixed. The primary quills are evident on the older chicks, the younger are still entirely down. φ5 ♀ with 4 chicks left first to go under B-7 eucalyptus. The other brood crossed B-5 and B-6, then to A-5 where I got a good count of 10 chicks as they all moved down toward the South corner.