Tell me, Jim,
		Did you realize this would make such a perfectly
	appealing Christmas-time story?   Couldn't have
	been better timed.

		Thanks.

		Leo W.

On Dec 20, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Jim Wilson wrote:

> I had heard about the gentleman in Centreville that raised Bobwhite  
> Quail for release and had a few as pets.  This afternoon I met him  
> at the Centreville Library.
> He had his pet quail with him and when I walked in, one of the  
> librarians was stroking the quail's head.  I was introduced and  
> learned some neat things about his hobby.
> The quail he had with him was 3, 333 days old.  During the night,  
> the quail sleeps on his shoulder, the right one.  So far this quail  
> had laid 401 eggs.
> He had another bird that died at 4 1/2 years old that had laid 923  
> eggs.  He said that he marked and counted each one.
>
>
> He has been raising quail for years and is well known in  
> Centreville.  He left the library before I did.  About 5 minutes  
> later, I ventured out and he was standing on the grass
> with the quail at his feet.  He said that the quail tells him when  
> it needs to go to the bathroom.  I stood and chatted a couple more  
> minutes and the quail just walked around
> his feet pecking at the grass.
>
> Jim Wilson
> Centreville, MD
>
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