#quail west

[chaoticdesertdweller]

Scaled Quail in the Big Bend

📸 Tim McKenna

[nemo-namikaze]

Height chart for my recent creature art. All three of these belong in the same universe and designing them with each other in mind is just a bit of a toe-dip into world building.

[columbidaecontest]

two of these guys tied last round so i've put all three of them against each other! 3 pigeons enter, ONLY ONE CAN LEAVE!! choose carefully, you decide their fate!!! let the games begin!!!

[ID: three images. the first, a White-fronted quail-dove, blue with a white face stands on branch. second, the Key West quail-dove, brown white, pink, purple, and green stands on the ground. the third, the Bridled quail-dove walks. It has a white underside, black wings and back and a green/orange neck.]

[thorsenmark]

The Majesty of Quail Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the west while taking in views across mountain desert landscape present in this part of Joshua Tree National Park.

[whiteantcrawls]

My favorite time of year around here--late spring and everybody has new mouths to feed.

Gambel’s Quail with Family of Eight

Gambel’s Quail on a hanging block

Roadrunner with lizard

Roadrunner with....something furry

[n1ght-l0ck]

Top 2 fav birds!! Key-West Quail Dove and Black-Billed Magpie my beloved<33

I think their feathers (esp the magpies remiges and rectrices) are sooo pretty!!

[lightningwaters]

[casscaincampaign]

Basement Walk Out

Huge arts and crafts walk-out carpeted and beige floor basement photo with gray walls

[willowtreetwisting]

Porch - Backyard Inspiration for a huge craftsman stamped concrete back porch remodel with a roof extension

[herpsandbirds]

Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae), male, family Odontophoridae, order Galliformes, Davis Mountains State Park, West TX, USA

photograph by Keith Turpin

[kriosgat]

Portland Laundry

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Chicago is a great old city- so great, that even California quails agree! Their main call consists of three notes, and sounds an awful lot like "Chi-ca-go!" Sadly, none of these birds have ever been to the Windy City, as they are endemic only to the West Coast. Still, their social 'Chicago' call means they know where the fun's at! Have a listen for yourself:

If you like what I do, consider buying me a ko-fi!

[moki-dokie]

rating the birds in my backyard on their tendency towards violence

@luulapants inspired me to make a bird post as well. we should talk about our local dinosaurs more! (not including the same birds from their post we also have here)

great-tailed grackle 7/10 physical violence is not how you guys operate. you wage mental warfare with a barrage of unending noises on the most annoying frequency imaginable to man. also some of you have mastered mimicry in the wild and this is simply too much power for a beast like you to wield. (similar to the common grackle but infinitely more annoying)

american kestrel 3/10 she's beauty, she's grace, she'll smack an eagle in the face. fearless and skilled little predator that delights me every time i get to see one. bit more secretive than other raptors tho.

red-tailed hawk -1/10 a majestic cry that always gets used for eagles in voiceovers, absolutely stunning, and a staple of the midwest and west but... baby ain't got a single braincell. head empty. mobbed on the regular by birds a tenth their size. i've personally watched a single sparrow harass one for 30 minutes before it gave up and ran away. can't steal shit to save its own life. scared of everything ever. they're basically horses of the birds of prey, if horses were a little less psychotic.

mallard duck 1/10 just little dudes doing their own thing. females can get a little aggro when nesting thats about it. sometimes pushy when food is involved. otherwise just chill, beautiful guys. but do me a solid, my web-footed friends? stop fucking nesting in my garden!! i don't like stressing you out when i'm tending to it!!

northern bobwhite (quail) -5000000/10 you're doing great sweetie just keep doing what you're doing. bob-bobwhite amirite

red-winged blackbird 4/10 you lot have a scare tactic technique that sparrows wish they had by just squaring up in numbers and looking fabulous while doing so. no notes.

eastern bluebird 0/10 they've literally never done anything ever wrong. perfection. little fairies but without all the deviousness. absolute cuteness. a blessing to be in ones presence.

scissor-tailed flycatcher 9/10 ahhh yes our stunning state bird. the herald of summer. the graceful acrobatic dancer. the beautiful singer. the brutal serial killer of all things insect. watching them 'hunt' is spectacular. one of the few birds that can hover. they're deadly accurate. almost exclusively capture their prey mid-air. but sometimes they'll get a bug too big to snipe on wing and do you know what they do in that case? they'll take it to their perch and beat it to death. remarkable.

carolina chickadee 4/10 don't let their round sweetness deceive you. they are full of spite and precisely zero fear. will absolutely pick on birds twenty times their size. small man syndrome.

mourning dove 0/10 hwoo hoo hoo hoo?

bald eagle, 2/10 WHAT are you doing this far south sir. we are landlocked my guy. the ocean is that way. big rivers and lakes are the other way. certainly there cannot be enough fish for you here!! surprisingly docile, for a giant raptor.

golden eagle 10/10 he'll eat your dog in front of you and then fuck your wife while maintaining eye contact with you the entire time. everything is afraid of this motherfucker.

great egret 0/10 they're chill and serenity incarnate. and their smaller cattle cousins are exactly the same. their size is the only thing intimidating about them. fuckers are HUGE

american goldfinch 3/10 food aggressive, mostly. lovely to look at. they really like to bitch up a storm tho.

california gull 90000000/10 nature's biggest asshole. we don't even have large bodies of water here. get out.

hummingbirds, all (ruby-throated pictured) 10/10 they choose violence every waking moment. god help you if you've forgotten to refill a nectar feeder. all they know is speed, feed, make things bleed.

barn swallow 9/10 Do Not Go Near The Nest. willing and able to peck you to death.

baltimore oriole 1/10 goofy guys with a great sense of fashion and one of the prettiest songs. they're just here to flirt and have a good time

greater roadrunner 3/10 i love our mini velociraptors so much i dare not speak ill of them. also one of the few birds that fuck outside of the need to reproduce. hell yeah my dudes get it on you freaky little dinos.

northern mockingbird 5/10 i think these guys are on par with how the europeans feel about magpies. they don't really steal shit, but they will, like grackles, commit psychological warfare by being the most annoying little shit possible. and sometimes they're bold enough to chase you. their hatred of cats outweighs their sense of self-preservation, too. they will get into a metaphorical fist fight with a cat. and win, usually.

eastern meadowlark 6/10 i know our prairies are awfully tempting to go frolicking in but unless you crave an unusual death that involves being relentlessly shrieked at with drive-by stabbings, i wouldn't recommend it. these guys are lurking in the tall grass, just waiting to fuck up your day.

black vulture 1/10 slightly smaller than their red-faced cousin, way more common here, and so so chill. they're all bark and no bite, unless you're roadkill. is one in the road blocking you from passing because he's chowing down on a dead opossum? go around, bitch. you are not important enough for him to get out of the way.

wild turkey 11/10 (males) female turkeys are pretty cool. they can be a bit Extra but generally they just want to eat. males, however. males would love nothing more but to beat you to death and then take a shit on your corpse. persistent. unyielding. once you have become a target your only hope is getting in a car and quickly driving away. if they don't beat the shit out of your car first, that is.

desert cardinal 2/10 these guys are great. they're not even supposed to be here. i always mistake them for female cardinals at first. about the same temperament as normal cardinals. they're weird but everyone seems to be okay with them.

great horned owl 8/10 so, so stupid and yet so spiteful. not a great combo. so ironic owls are the posterchild of wise when they're perhaps one of the dumbest birds of prey. its a wonder they haven't stupided their way into extinction. only thing this idiot has going for it is being so photogenic and has the most creepy mood-setting song ever.

[columbidaecontest]

!!!ROUND!!! 1!!!! POLL!!!! 73!!!

[ID: two images, the first, a White-fronted quail-dove, blue with a white face stands on branch. second, the Key West quail-dove, brown white, pink, purple, and green stands]

polls polls polls polls! look at all these beautiful pigeons!!

White-fronted quail-dove! Key West quail-dove! who will it be??

[the-tezcatlipocas]

PROLOGUE [1/4]

The Tezcatlipocas

Huitzilopotchli [Left-Handed Hummingbird]

Solar diety of the sun, war, fire, the south, and sacrifice. Widely respected by all groups as the ‘hero’ god. Symbols; Hummingbirds, the Sun, Light, Orange

Xipe-Totec [Our Lord The Flayed One]

Rebirth deity of agriculture, the east, goldsmiths, warfare and disease. The creator of war and renown doctor. Often sighted by prophets to depict good or bad omens. Symbols; Maize seeds, Quail, Gold, Green

Quetzalcoatl [Feathered Serpent]

Wind deity of the west, arts, curiosity, joy, and life. Primary creator of felines. Respected and acknowledged as an excitable deity easily called upon in times of need. Symbols; Wind, Green Jay, Feathers, Blue

Tezcatlipoca [Smoking Mirror]

Chaos deity of the north, chaos, obsidian, night, and jaguars. The antithesis of everything Huitzilopotchli stands for. The only Tezcatlipoca that is named Tezcatlipoca. Infamously feared as a troublemaker who stops and nothing to destroy what his siblings create. Symbols; Jaguars, Obsidian, Black Smoke, Purple

Author’s Note

Hello Warrior Cats community! This story is heavily inspired by the Aztec’s beliefs and Nahua culture! Do not take my story as a 1-to-1 explanation of the culture, beliefs, or practices this is based off of. I encourage readers to do their own research if curious! Furthermore, I will be taking great care to display these themes properly and respectfully even if it’s a different interpretation. Feel free to send asks about anything! I will be making a FAQ based on what I receive <3 - Pequito

Inspired using @clangen’s amazing fan game! [ ID in ALT text ]

[unteriors]

Quail Lane, St. Marys, West Virginia.