California Quail field notes, v1295
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W. J. Francis 1964 88. California Quail. Aug. 31. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda County. The 3 young birds remaining together as they fed. Sept. 4. Birds in the Behavior lab. per flushed + flew in several directions while I was working in the pen. A young bird flushed from A-4 as I was ceding + flew violently into the top of the pen + fell to the ground. When I approached he got to his feet + ran off slowly. Sept. 7. 1012 Counted 10 birds in the Behavior lab. pen, including 3 young. 1014. Five birds ran to center of pen to feed, Green ? and the 3 young remained feeding for several minutes. A second young can now be identified as ?, but apparently several days behind the first one noted, first indication of survivors from Tub Brooks. 1015 Birds ran to cover when startled. 1023 Red ?, Yellow ?, and the older ? juvenile to feeding in the center, soon joined but the rest of the covey: 9 birds together, two ? noted near the fence in E-10. 1026. All birds