Quail

[ranunculus]

Several days ago I walked up to the springs which provide water to our house.  They are in a steep canyon, and instead of being one "spring" there are multiple places, up about 100 feet of extremely steep hillside,  where water trickles out. I went to the top first and worked my way down cleaning out mud and roots from the collection points. As I go to the bottom three collection points a bird flew up about 4 feet in front of me.  I looked down.