California Quail
Callipepla californica
Family: New World quail
California Quail is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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The nest is a shallow scrape lined with vegetation on the ground beneath a shrub or other cover.
The female usually lays 12–16 eggs, measuring 3.2 cm (1.3 in) in length and 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in width.
A group of quail will select an area where the ground has been newly turned or is soft, and using their underbellies, will burrow downward into the soil some one to two inches.