This is not an eagle

 

This was my 'thin slice of joy' today - a perky, inquisitive quail in our strata's garden, waiting to greet me when I opened my front door this morning.  Last year, I saw  many families of quail on my walks around the block - after seldom seeing them on the island.  There was another adult quail on the ground near this one, but due to the shrubbery I couldn't tell if they had any chicks with them. Soon, I expect, I will see quail once again scurrying across the roads, across the driveways and lawns, diving under shrubs with their many, many babes in tow.  I love their jaunty little feather caps on their heads, bobbing along. So much fun!