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Leaping Foxes

10,000 Birds

No “gophers” etc. And finally, there will be Marsh Harriers everywhere breeding in grain fields instead of reeds. In Germany, our most common large mammalian predator is the Red Fox Vulpes vulpes. Foxes are very common in Germany and occur even within cities. You’re not a vole or a gerbil.

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California Quail, The California State Bird: Now Forming Coveys

10,000 Birds

All New World Quail are highly gregarious, typically found in coveys or flocks except during breeding season. These could be the beginning of the formation of coveys, post breeding season flocks that form when the chicks become independent at about three months old. The birds scatter, sometimes in different directions.