Photograph · Paul Marto
The Plume
California QuailCallipepla californica
- Birds
- 2024
Editorial Introduction
Introduction to The Plume
A male quail turns his head a quarter inch and the whole portrait arrives — the crest, the scaled breast, the wet-black eye.
— Paul Marto
Field Record
The Species
- Common Name
- California Quail
- Scientific Name
- Callipepla californica
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- Birds
Field Notes
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