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” ...

Forty years ago, the distinctive call of the bobwhite quail could be heard throughout Virginia’s grasslands. Today, their calls are fading — silenced by changing farm practices and land development ...

As we take a brief pause on fishing for rockfish, here’s something completely different. Decades ago, if you walked along a pastoral stretch of Chesapeake Bay farmland, especially on the Eastern Shore ...

After vanishing from Pennsylvania several decades ago, the unique sounds and sights of wild northern bobwhite quail will soon return to the landscape. The Pennsylvania Game Commission, along with a ...

Northern bobwhite quail are found in all areas of Texas except in the western one-third of the state. Hunting Northern bobwhite is a favorite pastime and even nonhunters enjoy watching the birds and ...

It’s that time of year where the whistling sound of “Bob-WHITE” echoes through the countryside of Nebraska. But what does that sound mean to us? It means that breeding season is here for quail!

"That worn-down pasture's what you call a quail-proof fence. It turns this good habitat into a deserted island," said Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologist Jay Whiteside, who works with 33 ...

Bobwhite quail will get some additional love this year from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Jim Baker, the Arkansas biologist for the NRCS, said the agency will offer more than $600,000 ...

LITTLE ROCK (KAIT and AGFC) - LITTLE ROCK (KAIT/AGFC) - Prescribed fire and bobwhite quail -- one restores a natural process, the other is a natural species. Prescribed fire will take place without ...

Declines in northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus; bobwhite) populations in the southeastern United States may be partially attributable to loss of early successional plant cover associated with ...

Summer means outdoor activities such as fishing, softball and the calls of the bobwhite quail whistling in the fields. You might think that bobwhite quail and the game of softball have nothing to do ...