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” ...

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 ...

Learn what you can do to help in the effort to restore habitat for quail and other grassland birds. If you are of a certain age, you might recall hearing the iconic “Bob White Whistle” while you spent ...

The pursuit of bobwhite quail in scruffy Missouri bottomlands is grand sport and there is a significant number of hard-core "bird hunters" who always have a good excuse for missing work or school ...

The early summer soundscape is missing one of its most distinctive players, the northern bobwhite. This plump quail, named for its eponymous “bob-white!” call that once echoed across most farms and ...

Wildlife officials currently project the 2026–2027 statewide wild quail season to follow a schedule similar to previous years, with anticipated dates running from approximately November 21, 2026, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is conducting a Bobwhite Quail survey to monitor the population. The Bobwhite Quail is the official game bird of South ...

WHO: A Texas Tech professor and an organization of Dallas-area hunters. WHAT: An FDA-approved medicated feed for wild quails that eradicates parasitic worms. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: The northern bobwhite ...

Many of Pennsylvania’s new wild northern bobwhite quail are adjusting to their new home in Franklin County and officials are looking forward to seeing quail chicks this summer. Through a partnership ...

It was a sound that quickly evoked fond memories of my boyhood in coastal South Carolina — the call of a bobwhite quail. We heard it many times last weekend during a morning bird walk in the Harris ...

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 ...

Years ago I went down to Houston County in the southeast corner of the state to look for Bobwhite. That bird is the smallest member of the quail family, once an unquestioned resident of the state. At ...