Adult button quails are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, and chicks are even smaller. This ground-dwelling species is very rare and only found in thick grasslands. They’re the smallest ...

» In this region, speakers often use the terms “bobwhite” and “quail” synonymously to describe the same bird species. A Rich Valley hill now sings in the ...

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 ...

The sight of 85,000 baby quail running toward you is ... awesome. The tiny birds had been born just a couple of hours earlier in the Manchester Farms hatchery a few miles away and were now making ...

SALT LAKE CITY — It's not uncommon to find baby birds on the ground in the spring. Many are hatching and often leave their nests before they are able to fly. Some might also be blown out of nests ...

Last spring a quail laid 18 eggs in a plant on my enclosed patio. After they hatched, seeing those miniscule creatures scurrying around my patio brought tears to my eyes. I called a man in Phoenix who ...

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” ...