California quail are open to hunting but the season on mountain quail has been closed for more than 20 years in both states. Mountain quail are native birds that have been declining in numbers the ...

According to a recent press release by the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), the mountain quail, a colorful and elusive game bird that is found in isolated locations throughout Nevada, is ...

LA GRANDE — The upland game bird hunting season starts a week or so later than usual, but conditions should be worth the wait for hunters. According to forecasts from Oregon Department of Fish and ...

A bird common to the desert Southwest is the Gambel’s Quail; particularly in southern Arizona and New Mexico. They are also abundant in western Colorado and look and act very much like the more ...

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) - Like miniature rockets, about 70 mountain quail burst from manmade plastic crates into wild new habitat Saturday. Each bird produced a thunderous, sputtering sound as its ...

Nevada’s most popular upland game birds long have been the Gambel’s quail and the chukar partridge. The No. 1 spot among bird hunters is often the subject of debate, though anecdotal evidence tends to ...

“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me …” Stop the music. The closest thing to a partridge in a pear tree around here is a quail. It will just have to do as our December bird, and it’s ...

Here we are, approaching Thanksgiving, and the wild turkey is once again the focus of avian attention. But the California quail deserves some of the spotlight as well. This feathered friend is no ...

A covey of gambel’s quail scurrying through the desert with their topknots bobbing is a common sight in parts of the southwest. Adapted to live in arid climates, the gambel’s is especially associated ...