Got 'im!

Was just starting to lose faith in you, Bob, that there actually was a quail in the time-lapse… Thought that a quail would be more likely outside the fence than in. (Wrong.) Thought they might be more active at dusk. (Wrong.) Thought they’d look a lot different from rabbits. (Well, right but wrong.) Finally caught up to the quail when I realized they move faster than the rabbits and move in straighter lines.

Starting from a little before 1:08 in the video, zooms past very quickly.

Based on my (now extensive) observations of the terrain, I’m guessing… Scaled Quail, Callipepla squamata