Here's Looking At You
by Marilyn Smith
Title
Here's Looking At You
Artist
Marilyn Smith
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This Gambel's quail was perched in the tree, just looking down on us while we walked around at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
Normally, we see an entire covey scurrying around the patio
cafe area where they confiscate every single crumb
of food that gets dropped by the lunch crowd.
Gambel's quail are the most entertaining birds to watch.
There strange call or cackles are very distinctive and you
will always recognize it when you hear them in the bushes.
They love to hang out under the scrub brush in the desert
surroundings unless they are hunting for food.
The male has the most beautiful rust-colored "hat" with the
white stripe outlining it. His little black face matches his teardrop
shaped plume that bounces with every step he takes.
Both male and female have grayish bodies with white or cream bellies. However, the male has a distinctive black patch on his belly.
Their wing markings are also colorful with shades of rust and brown
and streaks of white on the feathers..
The quail are very common in the southwest regions in desert scrublands and thickets surviving on seeds and leaves that they find there.
They are nonmigratory birds as their ability to fly is rather limited.
It is very common to see small coveys residing within subdivisions
or mobile home parks.
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March 2nd, 2013
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Comments (9)
JOHN TELFER
Marilyn, Just finished paying a surprise visit to your wonderful gallery through the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery thread and favorite and voted on 25 fantastic images. But this photo of this Gambel's Quail just stuck out at me and I felt I had to comment on it. The detail's in the quail are fantastic, from the head into his body that he has partically hiddenn behind the tree branch. The details lines in his body are so defined the clarity is amazing and the colors are fantastic. Great job at blurring out the background so that the viewer concentrates completely on the quail himself. Excellent photo, favorite, voted, google, tweet and FB promoted. Look forward to re-visiting your gallery
Randy Rosenberger
You picked a total beauty, Debbie, and I agree that Marilyn is one awesome artist, and it thing it runs in the family. I love this avian shot, as I do all of her works! Thanks much for picking this one, as it is one of my fave shots! F/V