[Birdnet] NORTHERN BOBWHITE

[Alan Rogers]

Yesterday evening (July 2, 2009) about 8pm I heard the distinctive sound
of a NORTHERN BOBWHITE QUAIL singing from my backyard (1826 E Logan Ave,
Salt Lake City).  I got no clear look, but at one point I got a quick
look as he flew straight over my head about 20 feet up.  The bird was
clearly a quail, and clearly had the russet coloration of a bobwhite.
Took me back: I grew up in the east and used to hunt them.

This species is distributed mainly in the eastern US and Mexico, but
there are introduced populations here and there in the west.  There is
apparently a breeding population in Malheur Co, Oregon, and possibly SW
Idaho, according to Cornell's Birds of North America Online.  There are
apparently people who raise them for sale to hunters right here in Utah.

Alan Rogers