Thread: Quail non Hunting

Greetings Johnd and Bunji,
To Johnd, The young ones are assorted sizes with the biggest half the size of the adults and my lawn is only a small part of their habitat. The males seem to tolerate each others presence so the breeding season may be over here. Will have a sneak around with the bino's,
To Bunji, We have 8 ha which we bought about 1993. Initially it had nothing on it bar grass. My late father propagated various trees and I bought more. About 1.5 ha is now in trees with the balance being grazed. Initially there were few native birds other than Kingfishers but one day about 10 years ago I heard a Tui which was here for a few weeks and returned the following year with friends. Bell birds and others followed. A Kereru visited for a few weeks about two years ago but has not been back yet. By dumb luck I seem to have planted a good range of habitat including for bees. My father probably helped with that. Much of the planted areas are left pretty wild which likely helps as well.
Regards Grandpamac.