Gambel’s Quail

Gambel's Quail walking around among some scrub brush.
Gambel’s Quail, Bosque del Apache NWR, San Antonio, NM, November 10, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1600; f/11; 1/1000 sec.

This page is for the Gambel’s Quail (Callipepla gambelii). I found these birds to be hanging around the side of the visitor center at Bosque del Apache NWR near some bird feeders. There were about nine or ten of them and they were good at staying under the cover of the plant life.