QUAIL TAKING STEPS

Caption on the back of photos reads: “Taken at the corner of Auburn & Hillside Streets on steps at Mrs. Lawrence Stalers’ home, Klamath Falls, Oregon, Oct. 1973. Picture won 1st place in awards from National Newspaper Assn. in competition with ore than 3,500 entries.”

Here’s one image blown up a little:

I estimate there were at least 200 California Quail sunning themselves on those steps that autumn. In the head-on photo I counted 183 and that didn’t include the ones along the slope not seen in the photo but captured by the angled view. Clearly there were some wandering beyond the camera’s frame.

These photos were shared with me by a student in my OLLI bird class.