California Quail field notes, v1295
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W. J. Franco 1964. California Quail. April 9. Hauling, Reservation, Mariposa County - while writing notes; no apparent disturbance. 0656 After circling through brush, where I heard some quail notes, saw the same (?) 4 pairs near the road. The majority of these were banded. At the same time heard assembly calls from the chamiz hillside, showing more birds from a broken-up covey. April 10. 0635. A small group of quail ran off through the edge of the brush as I walked along the pat from White to Davis house - not much dis- turbed. 0945 Enroute Hunter Higgett saw two isolated pairs along the roadside, one just outside Greenfield, the other just inside HARE boundary. Then near HQ area, saw a covey of about 25 quail foraging with no obvious pairing, and no antagonism between males. 1055 Two pairs near arterial well & cattle trough on Angyle Road - flushed twice as couples; also a single bird flushed the second time. A single pair seen along Bear Trap loop, and a pair plus a single J along the Jalor-Bradley Road.