Where are the quail?

There was no sound of any quail at the training area the other day, not in the tall grasses nor at the edge of the tree line. I did not hear them the next night as we trained so I suspect they either moved to another safer location or more likely were dispatched by the feral cats or foxes.

Training started at 5pm on the shady side of the white pines, there was a breeze but it felt so much cooler than in the open areas. The temperature was dropping but it was still hot in the sun.

We had some birds and Sport was another dog. He does not really care for bumpers, he will go out for them but every time he sees a bumper he lopes out to it and returns to me not in a straight line but in a curved path.