{"id":55283,"date":"2018-12-14T05:43:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T12:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=55283"},"modified":"2024-12-21T04:19:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T10:19:30","slug":"roosting-male-california-quail-yawning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/12\/14\/roosting-male-california-quail-yawning\/","title":{"rendered":"Roosting Male California Quail Yawning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale California Quail yawning – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 800, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday was clear and bright and I was finally able to go somewhere besides my local pond to look for birds! I can’t tell you how exciting that was for me since the last time I went out was just after Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

I didn’t see as many birds as I would have liked to have seen but regarding that I should be honest, I can never see enough birds. I could see them from sunrise to sundown and throughout the night and it still wouldn’t be enough. Yes, I am<\/em> that addicted to birds. I even dream about them.<\/p>\n

Speaking of dreaming…<\/p>\n

When we humans wake up quite often we will yawn, it is just what we do. I know I yawn while waiting for my morning coffee to finish brewing. Some animals and even birds yawn right after they first wake up too. Yesterday morning after finding a small flock of California Quail that had apparently roosted overnight in a tree close to the road I was delighted because I was able to watch as they woke up and started their day.<\/p>\n

There were a few of the quail I could photograph without bunches of leaves and branches in the way so I focused on those birds and photographed them fluffing, scratching and shaking off while they got ready to start their day.<\/p>\n

One male California Quail turned his head and through my viewfinder I could see him yawning and this was the only photo I got of him where I could see his entire face and eyes at a good angle. If someone didn’t know better and looked at this photo they might think the quail was calling and I agree it looks like he is but it is really just a yawn.<\/p>\n

It felt so good to be back out in the field!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my California Quail photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One male California Quail turned his head and through my viewfinder I could see him yawning and this was the only photo I got of him where I could see his entire face and eyes at a good angle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,1203,1022,697,26],"tags":[4004,970,6264,6263,4620,13931,4062,6265,6843,4427,4147,13966,340],"class_list":["post-55283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-california-quails","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-autumn","tag-california-quail","tag-callipepla-californica","tag-fall","tag-garden","tag-male","tag-quail","tag-quails","tag-tree","tag-upland-game-bird","tag-yard","tag-yawning"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t