This observation is for the bird on top.
A couple of Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus), photographed as they were flying over Harriet Mundy Marsh at Palo Alto Baylands, Palo Alto, CA.
A pair of quail. The female is listed here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138448186
but didn't come out so clear.
I couldn't get a good picture of it, but it was a brown bird. I recorded its cry.
Heard cooing; seen flying, heard wing-whistle