Harris's Hawks!

The Harris's hawks nested in one of our pine trees. in June, two chicks fell out way early, one onto the road and the other to desert landscape at 115F. I moved them to the shrubbery patch and built a drip irrigation system with emitters, fan sprays, and a trash can lid full of water. The adults dropped food from the rooftop. We came back from a trip a few weeks later and they were doing fine. A few weeks later I watched them fly for the first time in a thunderstorm! They are in a pack of six and are in our trees every night.

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EXCELLENT!!!!! What does quail season look like this year???? Scotty

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Gambel's likely OK, but not great. We did not get much fall and winter rain. Much of Mearns' country was severely overgrazed. Last year, my best spots held very few birds. Not surprising since they were totally nuked. I'm not optimistic. Last time I saw this level of grazing, it took years to recover. There are always some somewhere, though.