Brown Quail vs button-quail

Thought the following bird behaviour observation might be of interest to list members. While camping at Terrick Terrick National Park last week we observed a covey of 4 Brown Quail pass not far from our tent. The quail were moving from one slightly higher vegetation (ground cover) area to the next and had just entered a small patch of green grasses below a fallen Callitris pine branch when a Painted Button-quail shot up vertically from the patch as the bigger quail entered this patch. The button-quail landed about half a metre outside this clump of grass. The button-quail (and its mate) then made a beeline for a neighbouring patch of cover. I felt at the time that the smaller button-quail had been surprised by the larger Brown Quail and took immediate action to get out of its way. This could have been an aggressive action on the part of the Brown Quail and suggests they were the dominant animal in the interaction. Interested to hear others observations on anything similar. Martin O’Brien Melbourne Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright. No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the prior written consent of the copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the recipient to check for and remove viruses. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender by return email, delete it from your system and destroy any copies. You are not authorised to use, communicate or rely on the information contained in this email. Please consider the environment before printing this email.