The quail had already checked out the feeders when Bert and I went out to fill them. This photo shows the SE corner of our pasture where it butts against our berry patch. I created a brush pile in the corner to give the quail and songbirds a chance against the hawks that prowl the area. The quail have created a path to and from the brush. California Valley Quail walk almost everywhere, except when escaping
We have a herd of mule deer that live on the USFWS refuge across the road in front, and some of them travel through our yard almost every night. The snow revealed that they also apparently rest in our pasture when coming and going from the harvested corn field south of us.
I found four beds in the pasture. Last night five of them were bedded down across the road in the refuge like some kind of zoo animals, watching the evening traffic head for home at dusk.