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Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Summoning Quail

The other day, my brother had just come home, and I was at the front door, watching as he got out of the car. As I waited for him to come in, I noticed a quail wandering around nearby. My brother started heading towards the house, and the quail moved away from him.

Male California Quail
I'm not a smart bird...

But instead of going down the street, like any logical creature, the quail was running in the same direction he was headed. Here I am, standing in an open doorway, and this quail starts hopping up the front porch steps. I made a shooing motion with my hand, imagining if this birdbrain tries to come into the house, and the quail took off in a flurry of wings.
So, yeah. Apparently I summon quail. I mean, in what universe is "There's a human. I should move towards the other human." an acceptable form of logic?

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