RPQRR’s efforts at using translocation of wild-trapped quails to restore former populations has enjoyed a good spring thus far. We began our second year of translocation of bobwhites to Erath…
JeffreySorelleApril 3, 2020
by Daniel King To date, RPQRR has received 205 head and wing samples for the 2019-2020 hunting season, 152 of which have been examined for eyeworms using two external techniques…
JeffreySorelleMarch 3, 2020
Fire is a Crescent wrench for wildlife managers. Do you have it in your tool box? I know what you’re thinking . . . so why did you wait until…
JeffreySorelleMarch 3, 2020
We trap quail intensively in November and February each year in order to (a) band as many as possible, and (b) increase our number of radio-marked birds as we approach…
JeffreySorelleMarch 3, 2020
Podcasts - Dr. Dale on Quail It may still be winter, but summer will be here before we know it, so this month’s episode of our podcast is all about…
JeffreySorelleFebruary 11, 2020
We have 12 units (“polygons”) lined up for prescribed burning during February and March. If you’d like to get some exposure to, or additional experience with, using fire as a…
JeffreySorelleFebruary 4, 2020
According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2020 is the “year of the rat.” As a Student of Quail, you need to study the relationship between rodent abundance and quail abundance; it…
JeffreySorelleFebruary 4, 2020
Cotton rats and bobwhite booms seem to be closely linked. Pardon this grainy image (it was taken using a thermal rifle scope during a hog hunt in south Texas in…
JeffreySorelleJanuary 3, 2020
“One generation plants the tree and another enjoys the shade.” – Anonymous There’s two kinds of donors in the quail world: those who write a check, and those who donate…
JeffreySorelleJanuary 3, 2020
