Wildlife of Woodway

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Terry O

Terry O

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Since we live on a couple of acres, every now and then we get some interesting birds and animals.
We were delighted that recently, within the last couple of months, the California Quail have re-appeared. Now if they can stay out of sight of the Cooper's Hawks, we
might see more this spring.

The first two shots are of the male - all were taken with a Canon 40D and 400mm f4L hand held, on Monday, October 7, 2013
10-7-2013 m Calif Quail_0780.JPG

10-7-2013 m Calif Quail_0786.JPG

And the female - actually there were two of them.
10-7-2013 fm Calif Quail_0772.JPG
 
Nothing too exciting, but the fall spiders are starting to show up here in Woodway as well as lots of Golden-crowned Sparrows.

10-8-2013 fall spider_0790.JPG

10-8-2013 gold-crowned sparrow_0799.JPG

We'll see what tomorrow brings :)
 


The Lookout

Its exciting to see the California Quails visiting our yard - its been years. Taken today with a bit of sunlight after what feels like weeks of fog.

Taken with a Canon 40D and 400mm f5.6L

10-23-2013 m California Quail Woodway_1471.JPG
 
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Very nice of the Quail... do they migrate up here or is that just their name? ( getting fly swatter.. whapppp goes the spider)
 
Hi Christine, Thanks. I believe they are year-round here, having migrated north from California. They were introduced to Utah and Arizona.
Their populations vary - apparently they don't do well in wet weather.....go figure
 
Bill, I agree - but I think the wet springs take more of a toll on the chicks and overall population than do the coyotes and hawks.
 
Frequent visitors

All taken with the Canon 40D and 500mm f4L and 1.4x tele-extender

Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco
10-30-2013 Oregon Junco Woodway_1571_filtered.jpg

Black-capped Chickadee
10-30-2013 black-capped chickadee woodway_1623_filtered.jpg

Golden-crowned Sparrow taking a bath
10-30-2013 golden-crowned sparrow at the bird bath_1668.JPG

Golden-crowned Sparrow drying off :)
10-30-2013 golden-crowned sparrow drying off_1669.JPG

Spotted Towhee in the Strawberry Tree
10-30-2013 spotted towhee in the strawberry tree_1608.JPG
 
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