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W. J. Francis
1964
California Quail
Aug.25. Hastings Reservation, Monterey County.
1030. A group of 19, both adults +
young, feeding in front of White house.
1032. A brood of 9 young emerged from
fig bush to feed in front of Bell house,
in company with an adult & , and the
9 with traces of & markings nearby.
1045. Birds in front of White house began
to wander off via the gully - saw one
brood of 6 attended by an adult &,
another of 3 with two adults nearby.
These birds are the older young - about
9-10 weeks compared to the 6 weeks
of the 9 seen in front of the Bell house.
1425. Carmel Valley Road At junction
of Cachagua Road saw a group of
4 adults with 2 young.
Aug.26. Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co.
0638. No quail feeding near Bell house
as there were yesterday, with a Cooper
(or large Sharp-shinned) hawk hunting
in the immediate area. 0844 Grayfield
Road below Paloma. A small covey of
quail in farmyard, one pair with
4 to 6 young, about 2 other full-
grown birds (some may be this
year's immatures, but no distinction
could be made). 1150. McMillan
Ranch, San Luis Obispo Co. Flushed about