One of six native quail species found in the United States, the northern bobwhite is the only species found east of the Mississippi. It is named for its two-note whistle, which sounds like a low “Bob” ...

Quail are considered an indicator species for healthy rangelands and grasslands. Grasslands, the habitat for quail, are rapidly disappearing. Support for hunting impacts conservation funding derived ...

The Center for Natural Capital, through its Virginia Wildlife Habitat Cooperative program, is helping landowners connect their properties through corridors of protected grasslands in an effort to ...

With Texas quail numbers continuing to slip, Texas A&M-Commerce wildlife professor Dr. Kelly Reyna is looking at valley quail as an alternative wild species. It is one of seven native species of quail ...

Stop the music. The closest thing to a partridge in a pear tree around here is a quail. It will just have to do as our December bird, and it’s a delightful, although not related, substitute.

As the next step in bringing wild bobwhite quail back to Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Game Commission at its meeting on Saturday will consider establishing a 177.65-square-mile recovery area at ...

America’s legion of devout bird hunters spends much of the year training and working gun dogs, so many of them are forever chasing open seasons from the prairies of the Dakotas where sharptails, ...

Quail hunting season kicks off Saturday and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is predicting an uncertain hunt this year due to drought conditions. Texas is home to four quail species: the ...

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