People have been flocking to raise backyard chickens in recent years. But raising these birds at home is not for everyone. An ...

Learn everything you need to know about how to raise Coturnix quail. This quail is the best game bird for small spaces, so you can raise them in the city or countryside. I was first introduced to the ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe – A small bird has assumed heavyweight significance in Zimbabwe. Thousands of unemployed people are looking to the quail as a deliverance from the dire economic conditions in this ...

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” ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Not Brewster again, Bruce, I don’t know what is going on in your town, but between hearing about peacocks, white turkeys, something called a “Tennessee Red Quail” and now this unusual bird, I’m ...

Several seasons ago, I talked to Thomas Dailey, a research biologist for the Missouri Conservation Department. He said, “it couldn’t be much worse for the quail in southwest areas of the state. Back ...

Where it lives: Steppes and meadows in Asia, notably China, India, Japan, Korea and Russia. It's also found in Africa and parts of Europe. Some populations are migratory. What it eats: Seeds of ...

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 ...