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One does not set out to see a quail around here — the likelihood of success is just too low.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The California Quail is not indigenous to the Province. There are some in southern Vancouver Island, where they\u00a0were seeded in the 1860s, and southern Okanagan, where they probably snuck across the border from the US. An expedition to find quails might have the possibility of success at those places, but not here. The number of observations here are too few to justify the effort.<\/p>\n
Yet, here were a half-dozen of them by the side of a secondary\u00a0road. It is unclear why, but they were fun to see.<\/p>\n
A male California Quail hopes that its inactivity makes it invisible.
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One does not set out to see a quail around here — the likelihood of success is just too low.\u00a0 The California Quail is not indigenous to the Province. There are some in southern Vancouver Island, where they\u00a0were seeded … Continue reading