The common buttonquail resembles the common quail, it has streaked sandy brown upperparts, buff underparts with black flank markings, and a plain face. In flight, a whitish wingbar contrasts with the grey wing.
By the meteorological calendar, winter always starts on 1 December. The seasons are defined as Spring (March, April, May), Summer (June, July, August), Autumn (September, October, November) and Winter (December, January, February).
Email the author | Follow on Twitter. on March 06, 2015 at 6:03 PM, updated March 06, 2015 at 6:35 PM. Comments. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The first day of spring 2015 will be on March 20, with winter officially ending at 6:45 p.m. that day. Summer 2015 will begin on June 21, fall on Sept. 23 and winter on Dec. 21.