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 ...

Q:The area in front of our Orinda house is a south-facing hillside, currently planted in juniper. But the juniper is dying (from old age, we think) and we are trying to figure out what to replant it ...

Q: I live near a park that is frequented by quail, and I love watching them on my morning walks. What plants can I put in my own yard to encourage quail to visit my property? A: Quail certainly are ...

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.

It’s a startling phenomenon: you’re walking along a trail in Orange County’s coastal sage scrub when there’s a sudden burst of noise and feathers. You’ve just flushed a covey of California quail.

In recent years, new housing developments in the hillsidesaround Quail Botanical Gardens in Encinitas have graduallyeliminated wild California quail from the area. Now, the gardenitself is about to ...

No offense to my friends and family, but some of the best visitors I’ve had in my garden recently have had wings, not arms. This time of year, birds seem to arrive in droves — some to nip off seedpods ...

The California Quail is a handsome, round soccer ball of a game bird with a small head and bill and a distinctive, curled black head plume in both sexes. Its wings are short and very broad and tail is ...

In 2006, I arrived at Teller Wildlife Refuge and began planning various habitat projects that would benefit a host of wildlife species. While the projects were intended to benefit Montana’s native ...