Poor-bob-white!”—marks the turning ... waiting for the moment when a covey of a dozen or so quail flushes, or scatters, in a noisy explosion of feathers. But bobwhites are in serious trouble ...

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 ...

With the scent air-washed out of the feathers, the single bird is often difficult to locate, even with good dogs. This covey-to-single shooting is one of the distinguishing characteristics of bobwhite ...

Northern bobwhite quail are an indigenous upland bird species ... will be taking genetic samples (in the form of blood and feathers) from the released birds’ offspring this fall to see how ...

They’re searching for bobwhite quail. Known as the game bird of the South, the tradition of hunting quail has been passed down through generations. Training bird dogs and searching for the ...

Meadowlarks (we have both Eastern and Western species) and the Northern Bobwhite quail are examples of what ... bowl of vegetation and is lined by down feathers of the hen.

It’s a late September morning and opening day for the northern bobwhite quail is still weeks away, but Ronald Kendall is already on the hunt for the once ubiquitous game bird, known to its ...

If you heard a bobwhite quail calling for a mate this spring, you're lucky, but the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks would like those sounds to be more common and is asking ...

University of Delaware faculty and students are bringing bobwhite quail back to Pennsylvania. Working with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, UD is playing a key role in a reintroduction project at ...

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said he fondly remembers hearing the distinctive call of the northern bobwhite quail when he was a boy. Like many others, he hunted the birds well into the 1970s ...

The translocation efforts to create a wild northern bobwhite quail population in central Pennsylvania are off to a strong start as it appears there may be more birds now than in the spring.