Photo taken 3/21/2009 near Albany, Oregon.

Canon 40D, av 9, tv 1/400, iso 500, 380mm

The California quail (Callipepla californica), also known as the California valley quail or valley quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. These birds have a curving crest or plume, made of six feathers, that droops forward: black in males and brown in females; the flanks are brown with white streaks.