Marty’s photo of the day #4730: Deb and I have been married a long time. So long, in fact, that she felt perfectly comfortable asking me to take pictures of “cute chicks.”

Yes, we have eight ping-pong-ball-sized California quail chicks living alongside our house in the Essen Wildlife Refuge this spring. A few got stuck on our side steps but are now safely back in the care of their parents.