See?
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Now myself, I haven’t seen quail since 2009, but I’ve not really had a chance since I’m boycotting the Strybing Arboretum these days owing to the toll booths they installed based upon impossibly optimistic attendance projections.
But anyway, it’s nice to see that these critters are still around in 2012…
Or green, whichever. Anyway, despite the worries, California’s Official State Birds are still out there, strutting about Golden Gate Park.
Of course there used to be many more…
Presenting HRH Winthorpe Danforth Quail III in Strybing Arboretum:
And here are his kids back in the day, possibly:
Now you know better your Golden Gate Park California Valley Quail (Callipepla californica).
