Listening to a Continent Sing

the companion website to the book by Donald Kroodsma

CALIFORNIA QUAIL OR-312

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, southeastern Oregon

June 12, 6:32 a.m.

Sunrise at 5:14 a.m.

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A California quail perches erect on a fence post, throws his head back, and calls CAAAH . . . CAAAH . . . chi-CAH, chi-CAH, chi-CAH-go, chi-CAH-go. He then repeatedly calls CAAAH, eventually offering another chi-CAH-go series at 2:00. Another bird in the background no doubt spurs him on.

Background

A second California quail, sage thrasher, killdeer, Brewer's sparrow, distant highway traffic

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Photo by Robert Royse