BOBWHITE QUAIL was the subject of a Barnstead Parade reader who wrote on Aug. 1, in part: “Last evening my husband and I were enjoying some quiet time on our porch when we heard a clear bird call that ...

If you haven’t heard the familiar bobwhite quail call recently, there’s good reason. The population — in Ohio and across the parts of the U.S. where they’re native — has plummeted. It’s down 71% in ...

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” ...

Bobwhite quail were once among the premier game birds in Virginia. But the small bird with the distinctive song note has fallen on hard times, with populations dropping an estimated 75 percent in the ...

University of Delaware faculty and students are bringing bobwhite quail back to Pennsylvania. Working with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, UD is playing a key role in a reintroduction project at ...

After vanishing from Pennsylvania several decades ago, the unique sounds and sights of wild northern bobwhite quail will soon return to the landscape. The Pennsylvania Game Commission, along with a ...

Before dawn one day last month, I drove along a farm road in Waller County to see the rare lineup of six planets. I also saw another uncommon sight as the sun came up — a bobwhite quail calling from a ...

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 ...