Scaled Quail

Gallery: AvianPosted April 20, 20172,716 views12 comments

On our morning walk yesterday, I saw this Scaled Quail perched on this Cholla Cactus. This is a common place to find these birds in our desert climate. This one was singing away. I had my Olympus with me and was able to get a few images.

Techs:

Olympus EM-5 Mark II
14-150 @ 150mm
1/1250 @ f/5.6
ISO 200

Larger version provided (shows nice detail in the plumage)

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 20, 2017 at 11:05 AM

Nice to find this one sitting up and singing and in such nice light. devil

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Comment posted by David Schoen on April 20, 2017 at 12:43 PM

Very cool textures and light on this image. And it's always wonderful to get a calling pose. That is one fascinating quail as I have never seen this species before. I suppose one needs such adaptations in an environment with cactus and armadillos (kidding of course).

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 20, 2017 at 3:35 PM

Very nice. I have to go south to Wilcox or Sierra Vista to see this species in AZ, and it is a long time since I've done that.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on April 20, 2017 at 3:41 PM

Great singing pose Keith and I love the included cactus and the oof bg. Remarkable detail in the Quail in the large version. Excellent colors!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 20, 2017 at 5:52 PM

Nice job on handling the shadows in this one, Keith, with a good singing pose and perch.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 20, 2017 at 9:10 PM

Love the morning light and singing pose Keith. Also always a fan of the Cholla as a perch. I didn't even know you owned an Olympus!

BTW, looks like I will be relocating to southern Arizona soon, so I might be seeing a lot of these guys soon. sad

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Comment posted by David Bogener on April 21, 2017 at 12:53 PM

Excellent calling pose in very nice light. Love the cactus perch. This species is high on my wish list. Thanks for posting, Dave

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on April 21, 2017 at 3:25 PM

Oh, if only the cactus was blooming! Nice perch, pose and background as is. His singing takes this over the top.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 21, 2017 at 4:48 PM

A great singing pose, Keith. You had some great light for this one. A very nice image!!!!

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 22, 2017 at 10:28 AM

Very nice overall setting, Keith and the bird is stunning, never seen one - looks really nice. Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Skip Layman on April 29, 2017 at 7:42 PM

I like this singing pose of this "cotton top quail". The intersection of the tail and the cactus is less than ideal, but certainly acceptable considering The difficulties of getting a shot of a shy bird.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 30, 2017 at 4:02 AM

Keith,
What a wonderful moment for you, an interesting bird very beautifully captured devil

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