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Digging for gold

Digging for gold

California Quail on the bank of the Yuba River scratching in the sandy soil. The Yuba River is in the heart of Gold Country. People still pan there. ...
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California Quail on the bank of the Yuba River scratching in the sandy soil. The Yuba River is in the heart of Gold Country. People still pan there.
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SONY DSC-RX100M3

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 250 Shutter 1/80 Focal Length 2570/100

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Dec, 2017

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Such beautiful birds...this is a wonderful photo

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Thanks so much Glenda, love to take pic of birds and never seem to get tired of it..

Terrific capture of the guy. I love their head dress.

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Great capture...looks like he's about to say something very important! Just beautiful! :)

Beautiful shot, Mark!!

Marvelous capture....wonder if he found any gold?

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Picture perfect portrait!

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Impeccable detail!

just curious-since u know birds-what's the difference in a quail & a partridge(in a pear tree of course !)

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I use Kaufman field guide to birds os North America and see both listed but they do not talk about the differanc. I cannot answer your question sorry. the talk about grouse too so I think they may be in the same catigory

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