Looks like a Coturnix Quail to me. They are a little smaller than
Bobwhites and are kept for all the same reasons.

Lisa

Many quail and partridge species are raised domestically in South
West Idaho in back yards etc.. The are raised for a variety of
reasons, eggs, food, dog training. Also falconers use them for
training falcons and hawks.

The images are somewhat over exposed but the breast
looks white with no markings unlike a Northern Bobwhite. But
with the variety of birds you can buy or breed it is hard for me
to tell for sure.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Bobwhite/id

On Jul 5, 2023, at 5:34 PM, Yvonne Motherwell
via groups.io <birdnerd_motherwell@…>
wrote:

Last week while on our morning
walk in our neighborhood, Hillsdale Creek, in southeast
Meridian, we heard a bird that made us both stop to
listen closer. I had no idea what it was. We heard it
the next morning again and always at Hillsdale Creek
Elementary. I tried to use Merlin to ID the sound but it
wouldn’t pick it up. So yesterday I walked over to the
school with binoculars and my camera determined to find
this mystery bird. Again, I heard it several times and
very clearly but Merlin wouldn’t ID it. At one point I
saw a head peek out of the bushes and was gone again in
an instant. My first thought was, Bobwhite. But I’ve
never actually seen one or heard one for that matter. I
watched and waited and finally was about to give up and
started to walk away and suddenly there was a bird
sitting just outside of the brush. I got several
pictures and this definitely looked like a Bobwhite. I
got home and listened to every recording I could find
for the NOBO, but nothing matched what I had heard. 

I heard the bird again this morning on our
walk, so I feel like this bird is definitely hanging
out. 

If anyone goes to chase it I’m curious to
know your thoughts on her call. Maybe it’s very normal
after all for a NOBO but like I said, I didn’t hear
any recordings that were similar to what I heard. 

My eBird checklist with pictures is here:
 https://ebird.org/checklist/S143615363

Or perhaps I got it wrong all together!
Let me know your thoughts!

Yvonne Motherwell

#worldsokayestbirder

Meridian, ID

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