With his perky topknot and feathers puffed up to guard against the chilly air, this California Quail perched on a bramble of blackberry vine off the Ferrari Pond Trail yesterday morning. The California Quail is California’s state bird. It wasn’t until I moved to Lincoln that I have seen this bird regularly, and not just with fleeting glances as they disappear into the shrubbery but perched, like this male, highly visible. I had never photographed a California Quail until I moved here, either. Now, I see them often and frequently get chances to photograph the males as they survey their territory.