The quail's role in the Rolling Plains ecosystem is vital to understanding what is happening in the rest of the biome.

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” ...

Editor's note: his is the first of a two-part series on the state of quail in the Rolling Plains. The area encompasses much ...

One thing I like about California is our choice of official state bird: the California quail. Most sports teams and schools pick rather fierce and aggressive animals for the mascots. The United States ...

If your true love went local, and instead of offering an Old World “partridge in a pear tree” gave you their California native counterparts, be glad. A quail in a crab apple brings much to enjoy.

No offense to my friends and family, but some of the best visitors I’ve had in my garden recently have had wings, not arms. This time of year, birds seem to arrive in droves — some to nip off seedpods ...