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There are some bird species that live in Tehachapi year-round and are always seen, such as ravens, Brewer’s blackbirds, mockingbirds, red-tailed hawks, California quail and others. There are others that live here all year and are almost never seen — a good example is the shy and beautiful Mountain Quail. These are relatives of the common and familiar California quail whose “Come-back-here!” calls echo through blue oak woodlands and chapparal foothills. The Mountain Quail (Oreotyx picta) are very different from their cousins, however, and are generally found above 4,500 feet in elevation. They prefer to live in an area known as the Yellow Pine belt, which in Tehachapi ranges from about 5,000 to 8,000 feet and includes Jeffrey pines, white fir, black oaks and occasional Ponderosa pines. Mountain quail are also slightly larger than California quail and they have they only upright head plume among North American quail — while the black topknot...
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