Tarantula story. I used to never bring a tent into the desert and as such would just pull up a piece of comfortable ground and go to sleep. One cold fall morning I awoke to see tarantulas everywhere on the ground all heading in roughly the same direction. At least a hundered in my area as every couple of feet there would be one. The great tarantula migration of '81. One of the weirder things I have seen over the years. Given the density, probably 30 had to hoof it over me or go around...maybe that's why I woke up before the sun was up that morning eek.

I love quail. We actually have 3 different kinds in San Diego County, but the Mountain and Gambel Quail are kind of rare.