Late Hatch

I, like Don, was thinkin bugs but knew in the back of this white topped head that it could be turks or quail. Very late indeed esp. if it was up here.
 
Cool video. I was blessed to have seen one such hatch in my lifetime; these chicks were not as big as a golf ball and were lined out behind mama as is common w/ducks. No camera with me at the time.:cry:
 
We often get second and even third hatches here. Remember, this property is MANAGED for wild birds. After their first hatch they join other broods so it’s not uncommon to jump 20-30 young birds in a covey right now. Now that’s a sight to see, especially when they can fly as good as adult birds. It will also wake you up if your mind was wandering, lol!!!
 
Got a quail question for you, Mark. Do you have any experience w/Blue quail?
One ranch I hunted years ago had both Bob Whites and Blues. Hunted this ranch for 27 years and only saw this one year.
They generally stuck to themselves except in one particular pasture where their normal territories met. In that pasture, it was not uncommon for a covey of Bob Whites to meet a covey of Blues, but they never mixed; one would go one way and the other another. EXCEPT, one day the covey of Blues had one Bob White in it. A while later (same year), I spotted a covey of Bob Whites and it had one Blue in it! Witnessed this several times that year but never again. ????
 
No sir all we have are Bobwhites. Once the coveys form up they each stick to their own territory so to speak.
You sometimes wonder why dogs can’t find them until you observe them. I’ve watched them fly from the roost and land 20 yards from my deer stand. For the next 3 hours they didn’t move any farther than 20 yards, if that.
Some mornings they may feed real early and get right back in the roost wagon wheel. They are in a spot about the size of a basketball when flushed and you about have to kick them up.
Quail are some amazing little birds with a huge vocabulary.
 
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