[Tweeters] California Quail in Magnolia, Seattle

[Doug Santoni]

Rachel —

I live in the Madison Park area of Seattle, adjacent to the Washington Park Arboretum, and had a California Quail in my yard on May 15, 2016.  I had not seen one in the area prior to that, nor have I seen once since.  I, too, was quite surprised by the unexpected sighting.  I’d love to see California Quail stage a comeback in Seattle (as Ravens seem to have done, at least to a limited degree).  Fingers crossed...

Doug Santoni
Seattle


> On May 17, 2023, at 5:20 PM, Rachel Lawson <rwlawson5593 at outlook.com> wrote:

> 

> Just now, we heard the familiar but unexpected call of a California Quail coming from high in a big tree in our Magnolia yard.  We ran it by Merlin to see if we were imagining things, but Merlin concurred.  Then when we played the call, the quail flew out of the tree onto our roof, where it strutted back and forth calling repeatedly.  It is still up there calling.

> 

> As far as I know, California Quail were extirpated from Discovery Park many years ago.  It's hard to believe a wild bird is wandering round the neighborhood.  It's certainly possible someone nearby is keeping quail as aviary birds.  Does anyone know?

> 

> A link to a photo is below.

> 

> Rachel Lawson

> Seatttle

> rwlawson5593 at outlook.com <mailto:rwlawson5593 at outlook.com>

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> https://adobe.ly/42K35bJ

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