While road-birding around Boone County this morning, I happened to see a pair of Northern Bobwhites running down Magnolia Road (about 1 mi. NW of Co. Hwy. E57) ahead of me. The female dashed off into roadside grass and disappeared, but the male flew up into a tree about 25 ft. from me. After hiding behind some leaves he started strolling out onto an open brunch and then stopped there for about 3 minutes, allowing me to get a bunch of good telephoto portraits, including the one I'm attaching here (cropped somewhat, but not much).
