Callipepla californica
English: A female California Quail followed by a small chick crossing a path in California, USA. The female quail hesitatingly checked the surroundings before crossing the path. The first chick is seen in this photograph and about 10 more chicks followed.
Date 1 May 2010, 10:38
Source Just following mum
Author Alan Vernon http://www.flickr.com/people/32541690@N02
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Callipepla_californica_-California,_USA_-female_and_chick-_8.jpg

The California valley quail or California quail or valley quail (Callipepla californica) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. These quails 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.