One thing I like about California is our choice of official state bird: the California quail. Most sports teams and schools pick rather fierce and aggressive animals for the mascots. The United Sta… ...

This is one of my favorite sounds every spring. It's the characteristic call made by both the male and female California quail. It's a contact call: basically, "I am here, where are you. I am here, ...

One glimpse of the elegantly speckled shells at the Santa Monica farmers market and I was 12 again, standing over a cast-iron pan, spatula in hand to lift Lilliputian-size eggs onto a plate in ...

California quail nests, which are usually on the ground, can contain as many as 28 eggs, dull white to pale buff in color. These large clutches may be the result of females laying eggs in nests ...