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” ...

The homestead garden is alive with sweet corn, ripe tomatoes, melons, and not so welcome groundhogs. Fly-catchers go air-to-air after cabbage moths by day, while the little brown bats take out the ...

“Quail Forever recognizes the need to help landowners build farming systems that match profitability with ecological performance; supporting the bottom line of farmers and ranchers while contributing ...

As far as tasks at hand, Stan Stewart has a steep hill to climb. The wildlife biologist with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division is ...

We talk a lot about wildlife within the pages of Southern Perspective. You guys know how much I love our natural resources in Florida, critters included. It saddens me to discover that any native ...

Quail - unlike the pheasant - is a bird native to Pennsylvania and therefore attempts should be made to keep it from disappearing, reasons the draft Northern Bobwhite Quail Management Plan, which just ...

Coveys of quail were once more common than the hounds and hunters who pursued them through the brushy fields of New Jersey. On summer nights, their calls would pierce the air with a whistling, ...

In the 1960s, Thanksgiving holidays spent visiting grandparents on family land in the East Texas Piney Woods were never long enough to take full advantage of all the opportunities surrounding the ...

For any hunter who has watched a dog coursing through a field, his head high and nose sniffing the air, then come to an abrupt stop, his nose lowered to the ground and his tail high in the air, the ...

Nashville businessman Bob Doochin is convinced Tennessee’s official state game bird — the Northern bobwhite quail — is headed toward extinction in the wild. He’s not alone, but he's unique in that he ...