Well, I did the unthinkable, most idiotic, thing I could do today. I was having some trouble sexing one of my button quail. So, in a moment of pure genius, I thought it would be a good idea to take a photo of it in natural sunlight...outdoors - while holding him in my hand.
Somewhere out in the field behind our house, there is a caramel-colored (possible male) button quail running around. I am thinking that one way to get it to fly back into our yard would be to transfer my other buttons into the outdoor pen during the day so that it can hear the other birds. Other than that, anyone else have any ideas on how I might be able to attract him back closer to home - at least close enough for another attempt to catch him? Probably won't ever see him/her again, so I'm not holding my hopes too high. Yet, if anyone has any ideas, I'm willing to try it.