California Quail field notes, v1295
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W.J. Francis 1963. California Quail Sept.13. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda County. E-7 at 1123, with another (prob. imm.) ♀. Sept.15. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda County. 1400. Most birds in the Beharin half. per grouped along fence in A-10 and B-10; counted about 12 grown birds and 3 half-grown young. 1410 Green ♂ with 3 imm. ♂♂ and 3 imm. ♀♀ came into center clearing, looked in the now empty food pans, and foraged in the center area. 1412 Yellow ♂ joined Green family in center. 1416. φ3♂, φ5♀, 4 half-grown chicks, Red ♂, and Blake ♂ foraging in A2 to A4. 1417 Orange ♂ plus immature ♂ (separated from adult only by the lack of white border beneath the black throat) to water hole and foraging in the vicinity. 1418 Another ♂ joined these two - both ♂ by elimination and lack of a band he is the 2nd Orange immature - however the plumage is apparently fully adult now, in advance of the stage his brother is in. This appears to be a full count, totalling 19; the count of 20 a few days