The Quail have returned in Talk Story

Aloha...

The rain has returned... and the forecast is for more rain every day for the next week...

I'm standing in my living room... looking out through the sliding glass door... past the deck... into the forest...

Branches blown down by the heavy wind... pine needles everywhere... water flowing down the stream bed (smiles)... no need to water my container plants today (more smiles)...

As I look out at the forest... I see a quail in my backyard... the first one that I have seen in over two years... Wait... there's a second one...

And a third...

And now there's more...

Four... five... six... seven...

They continue to come out of the forest in a line...

A dozen in all...

They walk next to my deck... and gather under one of the ferns...

They are so cute... and... I'm told they taste just like chicken (island humor)...

They huddle together... I guess to try and escape the wind and rain... perhaps to gain some warmth being together in a group (a covey)...

A few of them peck at the ground... mostly they just stand there...

What joy...! (smiles)