During this daily routine early in November, Karen spotted a covey of 12 Gambel’s quail feeding on a mixture of millet, cracked corn and sunflower chips.

Not sure why, but for some unexplained reason we’ve seen more Gambel’s Quail this year than usual. On our quarterly Tucson Bird Counts along the Canada del Oro Wash and ...

The author and Mark Nissen during a blue-sky day in Arizona quail country. Dorey Pictures. We saunter uphill and it isn’t long before Stash, a wily veteran of some 10 campaigns to the desert ...

Wild bird breeding season is still in full swing. Some species breed early, and some breed late. For others, the time for ...

Gambel’s quail have evolved with the dry dusty desert areas. They like acacia, brittlebush, mesquite, cacti and yucca. All three species of quail prefer seeds in the pea family: Lotus, lupine ...

As the sun rises and pale light seeps in through the window, I hear a turkey gobbling and house finches calling. Strange the turkeys haven’t been coming around much this year. Then I hear more bird ...

Texas is home to four quail species: the northern bobwhite, scaled quail, Gambel’s quail and Montezuma quail. On average, about 45,000 hunters harvest around 12-13 birds a person during quail ...

Skip McMichael rarely carries a gun when hunting anymore. He leaves the shooting to his friend and hunting partner, Paul Hill, while he focuses on his prized hunting dogs, part of a breeding and ...

The form must be completed by the vessel’s owner or operator and submitted with payment of $7.21 to CDFW (see contact info below). The form must be received at least 48 hours prior to the date ...

Get ready to say goodbye to a lot of familiar bird names, like Anna's Hummingbird, Gambel's Quail, Lewis's Woodpecker, Bewick's Wren, Bullock's Oriole, and more.

Dog trainers have asked Montana lawmakers to reclassify mountain and Gambel’s quail as a game species. Since 2014, they have ben categorized as a nongame, nonnative exotic species. That means ...

Gambel’s quail harvest is minimal in the state, ... scaled and Gambel’s). Hunting licenses require an upland game bird endorsement. Oct 29, 2022 | Updated Oct 29, 2022 11:01 p.m.