MLB was trimming the ground cover on the east side of our yard and when she pulled back a section from the wall, this is what she found:
As perceptive Gazette readers – which is both of you, I believe – will recall, we recently had a family of quail in our back yard, including nine chicks. And I’m pretty sure there are nine hatched eggs in the above photo. So, exercising my excellent deductive skills, I have concluded that this could have been the nest from whence they sprung.
However, I’m not going on record with a conclusive statement because there’s always another possibility…
