A classic Point Reyes scene – a California quail perched on a fence post set against a backdrop of the coastal scrublands of the peninsu...

Three years ago, I was back out in California with a few days to spend on photography. I posted a handful of images from this trip last...

California quail are one of my favorite species to photograph, and it was a treat to get to see some fledglings on my last summer trip t...

After spending some quality time photographing this California quail singing from the top of a branch of coyote brush last summer, I to...

A California quail stands at the pinnacle of his bush near Abbott's Lagoon in Point Reyes National Seashore

A California quail staring into the camera from his perch in Point Reyes National Seashore Happy Thanksgiving to all of my followers!...

A California quail posing on a fencepost near Abbott's Lagoon in Point Reyes National Seashore I've been posting a lot of sho...

A California quail throws its head back in song along the Tennessee Valley Trail in the GGNRA. For a long time, an image that was hig...

A California quail casts a curious glance at the photographer in Point Reyes National Seashore. If you couldn't already guess fro...

On my first photography outing in 2011, I had a nice encounter with a California quail in Point Reyes National Seashore, and it turned ou...

A male California quail perched on top of a fence post in Point Reyes National Seashore. This quail is from the same trip as my previous p...

A male California quail is kissed by the golden light of sunset as he sits on the old gnarled branches of a coyote bush near Abbott's ...

Another day, another quail posing on a fencepost in Point Reyes National Seashore. I've had great luck with quail this year, often findi...

In wildlife photography, it's so easy to get caught up looking for just the biggest, flashiest male to photograph. Unfortunately, this o...

This is the same handsome male quail that I posted some shots of last week as he posed in front of some rattlesnake grass lit by the late af...

When I was out in Point Reyes National Seashore last weekend, I wasn't seeing very much as I drove through the park. I started out by he...

While driving on Pierce Point Road through the northern end of Point Reyes National Seashore, I can't drive by the Abbott's Lagoon p...

California quail are one of my favorite birds to photograph (if you couldn't tell from my blog banner and gallery page icon), and I ofte...

A male California quail posing on a fencepost along Sir Francis Drake Blvd in Point Reyes National Seashore. This was the only quail we saw ...

While flipping through my archives in the past few days, I saw this shot that I had originally overlooked as I edited images from this trip ...