Gambel’s quail are plentiful throughout their range, especially in Arizona, where they are a delight to both wildlife watchers and upland hunters. A male gambel’s quail perched on a branch.

It’s a four-times-a-day routine. Up at dawn to put out seed, peanuts in the shell and suet for our flock of 80 pinyon jays. Once the jays have devoured everything in sight, it’s time to put ...

The Gambel’s quail lacks the scaled belly feathers of the California quail, and the male Gambel’s has a distinctly russet crown, while the male California quail’s crest is dark brown.

Gambel's quail are known for their distinctive feathered crown. Dorsey Pictures. We strike out on an afternoon hike across the desert in search of birds. Along the way, ...

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.

I call baby quail "buttons with fast feet." Just about this time each year we see them, many of them racing after one or two moms on the lookout for Gambel's quail do justice to their taxonomic name ...

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 ...

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 ...

To Rory McIlroy, Quail Hollow Club is still Quail Hollow Club, the annual PGA Tour stop where he’s won four times, including last year’s five-stroke romp at the Truist Championship.

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 ...

TPWD’s survey counted 16.5 birds per route in the Rolling Plains, a significant jump from 3.43 last year, above the 15-year average of 11.75, and the highest estimate since 2017 (23.16).

Once widely hunted in Texas, bobwhite quail have been dwindling in recent decades. But a West Texas hunter and professor believes he’s found a way to help save the beloved game bird.