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In 1924, the Cooperative Quail Study Investigation was born. Led by Herbert Stoddard, this effort was a jointly-funded effort of the Bureau of Biological Survey several landowners in the region. The purpose was to examine cause of the decline of bobwhite and to find a way to reverse the apparent population trajectory.
The northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), also known as the Virginia quail or (in its home range) bobwhite quail, is a ground-dwelling bird native to Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Cuba, with introduced populations elsewhere in the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. It is a member of the group of species known as New World quail ...
The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. [ 4 ] Of the five inhabited territories of the United States , American Samoa and Puerto Rico are the only ones without territorial birds.
The translocation efforts to create a wild northern bobwhite quail population in central Pennsylvania are off to a strong start as it appears there may be more birds now than in the spring.
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Another poor quail hunting season ends Tuesday as state wildlife officials debate what to do about the declining population. 'The numbers don't lie': Can anything be done to save Oklahoma's ...
The spot-bellied bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon) is a ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the crested bobwhite , Colinus cristatus . As the latter species expands north into Costa Rica , it is likely that the two species will overlap in range in the future, but the Costa Rican ...
Oklahoma's quail season opens Nov. 12 and while the bird numbers appear to be slightly better than last year, hunters should expect similar results as they have experienced in the last couple of ...