Today I spotted this wandering around the backyard:
Where's my pear tree?
It’s most likely a Chukar Partridge. Thanks very much to Fearsclave for the ID on this non-native species, as my Audubon bird book was most unhelpful.
This is one of our pair of resident chipmunks, standing near a drainpipe and scolding the partridge loudly:
Hey, you, get offa my lawn!
I guess now I’m going to have to plan to put a pear tree in the orchard!
out here 