Thanks for sharing; I don’t think I’ve ever seen one posted on NPN before. A beautiful bird, well photographed with excellent detail and a nice complementary background.
I’m not sure but I think it’s a scaled quail, aka blue quail. We don’t have them around Phoenix. They’re really a Chihuahua Desert species found in southeast Arizona and New Mexico.
Looks like a Northern bobwhite to me. This is a beautiful shot of one, Sandy. While you’re in Tucson, you might wander down to the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. They have a subspecies of Bobwhite down there called the Masked Bobwhite From their website: “,conserving the endangered masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi)”. Unfortunately, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll see one in the wild but you might be able to get a shot at the breeding facility. The history of the place is also interesting.
@Dennis_Plank Thanks for the tip! If theyare open tomorrow - Sunday- we’ll head over tthere. It’s our last day here, then we will head to Madeira Canyon for more birds, hiking, and exploring. Thanks also for the kind comment.
Hi Sandy, I really like the color tones in this image with the foreground and background being complimentary to the bird. Nice walking pose. We used to hear bobwhite quail here in the southeast when I was a kid. Not any more though unfortunately.
