I have worked here since 2011 telling stories of the Earth as preparation for a history of the Intermontane Grasslands of Central Cascadia and the rainswept coast that keeps them windy and dry. Now I am presenting this history, step by step, as I have learned it, often from the land itself. The history of this region includes the Canadian colonial space “The Okanagan Valley”, which lies over the land I live in above Canim Bay. The story stretches deep into the American West, into the US Civil War, the War of 1812, and the Louisiana Purchase, as well into the history of the Columbia District of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In all, the story spans the Chilcotin and Columbia volcanic plateaus and the basins that surround them. In this vast watershed lie homelands as old as 13,200 years (Sequim) and 16,200 years (Salmon River.) That’s how far we are walking together here, who are all the land speaking.
Okanagan Okanogan 
They are so cute! Great find!
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And so determined!
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Lucky you! Cuteness personified. I found a clutch of 9 ruffed grouse eggs in our woods. Sadly they never hatched—the nest, in a mound of leaves at the base of a big old balsam poplar, sits undisturbed several weeks on. I assume something happened to the female. Glad your new ones made it out alive.
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We fed Mama sprouted lentils in February, to help her with the egg thing, but did she eat them? No, she did not! Luckily, she knew better! So much for reading big books on quail over the snowy months!
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Yeah, that’s the problem with those silly birds — they fail to read the memos about what they should be eating. 🙂
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They love the flax I plant for them, though.
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I’m glad you had the camera – what a great sight, and we’ll assume they’re all OK, so far!
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Let’s hope. There are hawks. Cats are, surprisingly, minor predators of these birds. Shoo, hawks, shoo!
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