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A female Gambel's Quail is perched on a mesquite limb for an early morning silhouette from Birding Wire editor J.R. Absher and taken near his Las Palomas, NM home in August. Technical: Canon 7D with Canon EF 75-300 lens, ISO 500, f/18 at 1/200 sec.

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