Pen in Hand: California Quail: this has been a year of abundance for quail chicks in the Tehachapi Mountains.

The wet winter of 2016-17 was followed by a fairly dry spring in the Tehachapi Mountains, so I was unsure what effect it would have on food plants and the wildlife that depend on them. Despite the shortage of late rain, the earlier rainfall must have done a lot of good, because this ended up being a bumper year for many creatures, especially the California Quail.

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Posted on October 2, 2017 03:20 PM by biohexx1