A covey of gambel’s quail scurrying through the desert with their topknots bobbing is a common sight in parts of the southwest. Adapted to live in arid climates, the gambel’s is especially associated ...

It’s a four-times-a-day routine. Up at dawn to put out seed, peanuts in the shell and suet for our flock of 80 pinyon jays. Once the jays have devoured everything in sight, it’s time to put out more ...

Although a common quail of the desert Southwest, the Gambel’s requires a lot of water. Generally sedentary, it moves short distances in the late summer to form coveys, usually comprising several ...

A bird common to the desert Southwest is the Gambel’s Quail; particularly in southern Arizona and New Mexico. They are also abundant in western Colorado and look and act very much like the more ...

I call baby quail "buttons with fast feet." Just about this time each year we see them, many of them racing after one or two moms on the lookout for something good to eat. Baby quail are truly ...

When leaving my subdivision recently, I was pleasantly surprised to see a Gambel’s Quail. While this is probably a regular occurrence for a lot of you, it is not for me. I live in a subdivision close ...

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Not sure why, but for some unexplained reason we’ve seen more Gambel’s Quail this year than usual. On our quarterly Tucson Bird Counts along the Canada del Oro Wash and along Willow Springs Road we’ve ...