i am pretty sure the bigger bird up in the air, is circling around till you leave, mostly only if they spotted something there interested in, and fly back down for the meal, or it could have killed the hawk that is poaching on its territory.
since hawk do scavenger meals if it means they don't...
you quail looking very cute.
mine took around many weeks, since i remember studying for midterm of 09 and the little boogers pop out piping and got me all excited.
then they get bigger and more feather and finally about half a year or bit less to finally look more like...