Photography Kevin Fleming on 25 Apr 2008 08:25 pm
bobwhite
Growing up on a farm in Kent County, I remember Bobwhite Quail being heard more than seen. In fact, their name “bobwhite” is derived from their rising, clear whistle song bob-White and sometimes bob-bob-White! Here is a quail feeding on seeds just yesterday morning.
on 25 Apr 2008 at 9:04 pm 1.Jody Hudson said …
It has been soooo very long since I have seen a nice plump quail like that. We used to have thousands of them here and it was quite a gentlemans sport to go afield with a nice shotgun and get enough for a big pot-pie. Now, I seldom even hear one, perhaps I have heard ten in the last twenty years. When I was first hunting at about nine years old, about 1958, I would hear perhaps a hundred calls every day and virtually on every farm I went upon here in this area. They were then suddenly gone.
on 27 Apr 2008 at 2:14 pm 2.Beth Isaacs said …
Kevin,
I too remember hearing the call of bobwhite quail, as a kid in the 1950s/’60s near Lincoln, Del.
Last May I heard their calls and them spied some, in the woods near the Virden Center in Lewes. That was exciting, as I’d been told they’d gotten scarce in these parts!
on 27 May 2008 at 3:29 pm 3.Beth Isaacs said …
Today was a first — for me, anyway: I heard a mockingbird chirping “Bob-Bob White! Bob-Bob White!”
It seems a sure sign that the bobwhite quail are back in healthy numbers in Delaware! The mockingbird seemed pleased to trumpet the news.