Question, when do baby quail start to fly, 1/2, 1/4 or full size as for other
birds ??
Cheers Chris
m("environment.nsw.gov.au","David.Geering");"> wrote:
Just returned from the Manilla - Barraba
- Bundarra area (north of Tamworth, west of Armidale) in northern NSW. The
area has been blessed with good rainfall with beautiful green, thigh deep
grass the norm (contrasting with Dubbo where there is either no grass or
it is a burnt-off brown).
At one spot I flushed a pair of small
quail within woodland. Red-chested B-quail was my initial response but after
flushing one of them a second time I was starting to think that they may
have been more likely juvenile Painted Button-quail (as the habitat suggested)
or juvenile Brown Quail, as I had earlier flushed one at the roadside just
outside the timbered area. Regardless, I didn't get as chance to pick up
the critical field marks and it will have to remain an open verdict. It
does, however, raise the point that small quail might not be what one immediately
thinks of (ie the small button quail) but the young of the more common species.
Cheers
David Geering
Regent Honeyeater Recovery Coordinator
Department of Environment & Conservation
P.O. Box 2111
Dubbo NSW 2830
Ph: 02 6883 5335 or Freecall 1800 621 056
Fax: 02 6884 9382
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