Granny's gone and done it again

Yesterday we had the cutest little visitors in the backyard... Papa quail, with mama close behind, and 9 tiny chicks! They couldn't have been more than a few days old. Still didn't have much in the way of wing feathers. Hope they make it. The spring hatch didn't go so great for the neighborhood quail. They are little scarce this year, so hoping the summer hatch is more successful. I have water out for them.
that would be something to see. I miss my chickens. I guess thats never going away
 
flys on the bar and ants on the counter. I hate even going in there.
Hey Wishing, you made it !
Whew! Lot of posts and we are even missing some peeps!

Insects are smarter than some dogs I know... at least they know when to come in out of the rain! 🐜🐜🐜
 
And here all I had visiting were some rosy finches, cardinals and the hummingbirds. ;)
There has been a corvid war in the backyard this week. Some crows tried to muscle their way in at the same time a pair of Steller's jays showed up. Haven't seen those here in a long time. But, the resident scrub jay family, who raised 4 babies this year, are having none of it, and have been mercilessly pestering the interlopers. The racket starts before sunrise and is loud all day... crows and Steller's and scrubs all shrieking at the top of their lungs. Oh my! Only good thing was it chased the hawks away. Much quieter today. The egg eating Scrub family won, of course. I like them except they eat too many chicken eggs. :hmm
 

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