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 ...

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 ...

It’s that time of the year again when outdoorsmen don hunter orange and wait patiently for game to come into their crosshairs, but will quail be among the wildlife in their bounty? This fickle bird ...

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” ...

This story, “They Call Him Mr. Bob,” appeared in the January 1973 issue of Outdoor Life. Dempsey Cape and I were feeling for solid footing on a brushy hillside that angled into the swamp woods where ...

What is the outlook for quail? We asked the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation. Recent surveys revealed how the quail population is doing and the possible outlook for hunters. Quail populations ...