We had been here a few years before we saw the first pair of quail. It was the year after the neighbors clear cut. It started with just one pair, running crazily along the driveway as they do, the female dodging one direction and the male trying to lead us away from her the opposite. My desire is they just get off the road!
Four years later we have four distinct coveys I can identify. They’re one on each side of the driveway, another near the hay barn, and a fourth that usually keeps just outside the yard.
All from a clear cut, and one pair that meandered up the driveway. Accidental.