Image: “Mourning Dove (bottom) and Male Quail (top),” by Alice B. Clagett, 4 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Mourning Dove (bottom) and Male Quail (top),” by Alice B. Clagett, 4 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
- INTRODUCTION
- VIDEO BY ALICE
- SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
- VIDEO CREDITS
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
Here is a video with fairly good proof that the “Woodpecker!” call is a Quail call and not a Woodpecker call. Oops! My bad!
Featured in the video, besides Male, Female, and Juvenile Quail are Mourning Doves and California Towhees.
There is a Summary after the video …
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Oops! It’s QUAIL Which Make That ‘Woodpecker’ Sound!
By Alice B. Clagett
Hello, Dear Ones. It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.
I found out the most embarrassing thing just now! ‘Wood HECK-er’ is what the Quail say when the coast is clear and they can come and get a drink of water without being preyed upon by the Hawks and so forth.
It’s not about the Woodpeckers. Please excuse me. I’m so very embarrassed!
Caption: A Male Quail
Songbird to other Songbirds: Look at that. They are getting a drink of water.
Caption: The ‘Woodpecker’ sound
Quail to the Quail that is making the ‘Woodpecker’ sound: Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk! Would you stop it!
Quail: Dear me, dear me, dear me, dear me …
Caption: Male Quail (left) and Juvenile Quail (right)
Quail: Dear me.
Caption: A Mourning Dove
Quail: Dear me! Dear me, Dear me!
Another Quail: Would you STOP it! You’re really getting me …
Caption: A Male Quail
Same Quail (continuing): … AN-gry!
Another Quail (in a soothing, shirring voice): De-e-e-ear me! …
Caption: Male Quail (left) – Mourning Dove (walking)
Same Quail (continuing): … Would you PLEASe stop it right now? …
Caption: Male Quail (front) – California Towhee (back)
Same Quail (continuing): … Would you PLEASe stop it right now? PLEASe stop it
Caption: Male Quail (front) – Two Mourning Doves (back)
[sound of an approaching airplane]
A Quail (in a rat-a-tat sound, like drops of water plopping quickly on the ground. You could also call this a chop-chop sound): I am flying.
Caption: Is this a “Look out! Look out! Look out!” sound from a Quail warning of the approaching airplane?
Quail may really be saying to the airplane: MER-cy! MER-cy! MER-cy! MER-cy!
A Quail, flying away (in a rat-a-tat sound, like drops of water plopping quickly on the ground, or like a chop-chop sound): I AM flying away.
Caption: The ‘Woodpecker’ sound
Quail: GET AWAY!
Caption: Left to right: 2 Male and 1 Female Quail
Caption: The ‘Woodpecker’ sound
Caption: Juvenile Quail (left) and Male Quail (right)
Quail: Wait! WAIT!
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Alice to Readers: God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.
In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Filmed on 4 August 2024 and published on 29 September 2024; transcribed and youtube transcript edited on 11 February 2026
Bing knows my name … just go search ‘Alice B. Clagett’. Don’t forget the period after the ‘B’ … Alice B. Clagett. On Bing you’ll find out all kinds of things.
VIDEO CREDITS
“Oops! It’s QUAIL Which Make That ‘Woodpecker’ Sound!”
By Alice B. Clagett
Filmed on 4 August 2024 and produced on 29 September 2024
Location: San Fernando Valley, CA
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett
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My website is “Awakening with Planet Earth” … https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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birds, Quail, Mourning Doves, interspecies communication,
