The northern bobwhite, found in coveys except during breeding season, is the most widespread and familiar quail in North America. It exhibits the greatest range of geographic variation of any ...
The scatt'red coveys meet secure, While here I wander, prest with care, Along the lonely banks of Ayr. The Autumn mourns her rip'ning corn By early Winter's ravage torn; Across her placid ...
Generally sedentary, it moves short distances in the late summer to form coveys, usually comprising several family groups. It hybridizes with both California and scaled quails where their ranges ...
North Dakota's roadside brood surveys conducted in late July and August indicate pheasant numbers were up, while gray partridge and sharp-tailed grouse numbers were down, the Game and Fish Department ...
“Hunters should expect to find similar numbers to last year, with a higher proportion of adult pheasants in the population, smaller partridge coveys and slightly fewer sharptail,” Gross sai ...
A cold, wet June in North Dakota impacted partridge and sharp-tailed grouse numbers and led to smaller brood sizes for pheasants, though pheasant numbers overall were up.