California Quail field notes, v1295
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W. J. Francis 1963. California Quail Nov. 20. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co. 0830 On entering 'The Behavior hole'. per 9 disturbed quail which were under brush in the E-10 corner, and conuted 14 as they ran along the fence. A few minutes later they flew from A-78 to the N corner. a single bird flew with difficulty a short distance to the brush pile in [illegible] B-8, perhaps the same bird that appeared sick yesterday. 0922 Quail have remained almost completely in cover up to this time, with only a few birds at at time seen moving occasionally near the brush in E-10, 1615 Returned to check birds in the per. This evening they were in smaller groups (family groups?) of 5, 4, and 4 birds respectively in E-10, B-8, and A-8, plus 2 single birds for a total of 15. No sign that any birds had gone in the trap, although the grainrant- side was pretty well consumed.