Oh, that’s right, here we have some lovely quails! Which I guess aren’t that strange or whatsit-y, but I’ve always been a fan of their weird little head-swoopy things!
… also, am I the only one who can’t help but think of the old Nickelodeon show “Doug” every time I see a quail?
Source: Ned Harris
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adorables!!!
Those are California Quail (a female and her youngins) and that feather on their heads is called a topknot.
And I must be dense but I don’t follow your Doug reference (either I’m dense or I’m old….combo of both, methinks).
A popular Nickelodeon cartoon in the 90′s called “Doug” followed the typical daily struggles of a pre-teen boy named Doug. When he was facing a touch situation, he would fantasize about handling it as his made-up superhero, Quail Man– who wore his underwear outside his pants and a belt on his head sticking up to look like that thing on a quail’s head. Yay 90′s TV!!! lol.
Quail Boy!
i know the head-swoopy-things as “plinglers”
Doug reference for the win!
these quailio are totally squee… the chicks are so cute!!! Especially the second from left… he’s kind of like, ‘ehhhh… eh?’
I once stopped my car on a Northern California back road to let a family of Quail cross – I thought they looked just like a question mark (momma) followed by a line of periods (the chicks) – totally adorable!!!
I see these guys in my neighborhood here in AZ and when they’re running crazily across the road I always think they look like they’re rushing because they’re late to a meeting.