Hey Nancy!   
      
    NB> California and to a lesser extent about the ones in Oregon...   
      
   Right.  They are also importing firefighters from New Zealand and Austrailia.    
   Now that it is winter there I suppose they can spare them.   
      
    NB> Maybe they moved farther away from the human activity...?   
      
   Errrr ... where would that be?  I believe it only gets more active as you move   
   away from this neck of the woods in any direction landwise.  Maybe they   
   learned to swim and chose to move to one of the nearby islands.  Either that   
   or hitched a ride on a boat.  Although they can fly they aren't very good at   
   it and the nearest island is a tad beyond their reach as far as my   
   understanding of quails is concerned.  Anyhow, as of this writing, still no   
   sign of them.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
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