Bill White and his sons Tony (left) and Andrew at a quail-restoration site in northwest Missouri. Photographs by Michael Sugrue Bill White makes me question everything I’ve heard about wild bobwhite ...

Bill Haines Jr. used to see wild quail on his family's farm all the time when he was growing up. He heard their distinctive "bobwhite" calls and thought nothing of it. Fifty years ago, the small ...

Claim to fame: The northern bobwhite quail is a popular game bird with a storied history in Missouri. Prior to the comeback of deer and turkey populations, quail hunting was one of the premier outdoor ...

If there’s anything more genuinely unnerving to a bird hunter than a covey rise of bobwhite quail, I’m not sure what it is. Even when you halfway know to expect it, the little buggers burst from ...

Northern bobwhite quail, the focus of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s latest effort to try to bring back a native wildlife species that, sadly, has disappeared from the state’s landscape, has ...

The first wild bobwhite quail in Pennsylvania since the 1990s may be released onto a protected area of Franklin County as early as 2024. The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners at a recent ...

The Agriculture Department is pooling $13 million in Environmental Quality Incentives Program funding toward Northern Bobwhite habitat projects under a new program. Undersecretary for Farm Production ...

Having a healthy human society is largely dependent on the state of the native ecosystem that surrounds it. Having a robust ecosystem can help the humans around it thrive. This is why aspiring ...

It’s a late September morning and opening day for the northern bobwhite quail is still weeks away, but Ronald Kendall is already on the hunt for the once ubiquitous game bird, known to its aficionados ...

A covey of California quail can include up to 100 males, females and young. Learn fascinating wild turkey bird facts you ...

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” ...

A researcher at the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation is about to affix a radio transmitter to a hen bobwhite quail to study bird movements and habitat use. About a quarter century ago I shared ...