Wildlife Photography

[HorseGirlAbby]

I honestly think this is my best photo to date.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

I honestly think this is my best photo to date.
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Wow that's beautiful! I have California valley quail but I can't get photos of them that nice looking! What camera do you have?

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Wow that's beautiful! I have California valley quail but I can't get photos of them that nice looking! What camera do you have?

Thank you! That's actually a wild California quail. I have a Sony a350, which is a pretty low-end DSLR. I have a good telephoto lens, which is really what makes the difference in wildlife photography.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

Thank you! That's actually a wild California quail. I have a Sony a350, which is a pretty low-end DSLR. I have a good telephoto lens, which is really what makes the difference in wildlife photography.

That's really cool!

This is my California quail hen!

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

More birbs, because birbs are cute

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

That's really cool!

This is my California quail hen!
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She's so cute! I've only picked up one quail, a little female who'd hurt her leg. All I could do was move her out of the road, I know she probably wouldn't survive in captivity. I never saw her again, so either she healed and I can't tell her apart in the flock or a coyote got her, which sadly is a lot more likely.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

She's so cute! I've only picked up one quail, a little female who'd hurt her leg. All I could do was move her out of the road, I know she probably wouldn't survive in captivity. I never saw her again, so either she healed and I can't tell her apart in the flock or a coyote got her, which sadly is a lot more likely.

Aw, I hope she was alright! Was it a California quail?

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Aw, I hope she was alright! Was it a California quail?

Yeah, that's the only kind I've ever seen around here. We feed them scratch in the morning, and there's a flock of around fifty or so that come!

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

Yeah, that's the only kind I've ever seen around here. We feed them scratch in the morning, and there's a flock of around fifty or so that come!

Cool! I just have 6! Four of which make up two breeding pairs that should start laying in March!

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Cool! I just have 6! Four of which make up two breeding pairs that should start laying in March!

Cool! Quail babies are the cutest thing ever. Last year we saw maybe the most babies we've seen, there were four or five clutches of around eight babies each. It's adorable to see them all following the parents!