Arbuckle Mountain Area Chapter
Quail Biology

Updated Items below... 6-26-07 
General Info Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobwhite_quail
Cornell University All About Birds/Bird Guide/Northern Bobwhite
Biology in a Nutshell OSU Bollenbach Chair http://bollenbachchair.okstate.edu/biology.htm
Sexing and Aging Texas Ag Extension Flyer L-2455 (pdf 542kb)
Common Gamebird Diseases Texas Ag Extension Flyer B-1692 (pdf 618kb)
Nesting Noble Foundation Manage Habitat for Bobwhite Nesting
Breeding   Breeding Schedule (jpg 475kb)
Drought Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Quail Numbers in Drought (gif 379kb)
Wing Aging Wing Aging Bobwhite Quail (pdf 193kb)
Photos Wing Aging Quail Photos (pdf 574kb)
Facts and Fantasies Texas Parks and Wildlife Facts and Fantasies (pdf 931kb)

Sounds

   "An Excellent Time of the Year to Get Out and Listen" May - June

Edgefield, SC
--Donnie Buckland, Quail Unlimited Senior Vice President, hears some bobwhites whistling one recent morning, as he surveys the actively-managed habitat just behind QU National Headquarters.
Listen to the Podcast
Bobwhite Quail Sounds, compliments of Covey Base Camps WAV file, call-up whistle.  Used when coveys are split up for re-assembly
Bobwhite Mating Call - single whistle WAV file
Bobwhite Mating Call - double whistle WAV file
Cornell University - Bobwhite Call RAM file (requires Real Audio Player)
Western Rivers Sounds All Kinds of wildlife MP3 sounds