Quail and rodents have many things in common–they both eat seeds, use similar vegetation for shelter from the elements and predators, and everything wants to eat them. It should be…
JeffreySorelleFebruary 1, 2023
Podcasts - Dr. Dale on Quail This month’s guest is Gene T. Miller of Amarillo. Gene’s career was largely with TPWD as a Technical Guidance Biologist. We’ll discuss the “form…
JeffreySorelleJanuary 19, 2023
Each March and December at the Research Ranch we trap quail for two weeks. Every bird captured receives a leg band and are aged, sexed, and weighed. The bands stay…
JeffreySorelleJanuary 3, 2023
The Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation features two special educational opportunities in alternate years. Even-numbered years feature QuailMasters while odd-numbered years feature the statewide quail symposium. The symposium, initiated in…
JeffreySorelleJanuary 3, 2023
by Becky Ruzicka In November we conducted our annual helicopter surveys on the Research Ranch. We fly close 57 miles of transects spaced about 220 yards apart on the portion…
JeffreySorelleDecember 2, 2022
Podcasts - Dr. Dale on Quail Carter Smith has served as Executive Director for TPWD for the past 15 years and retires at the end of this year. He is…
JeffreySorelleNovember 18, 2022
Good rains in mid-August across much of west and south Texas have folks excited about the possibility of late-hatches of bobwhite and blue quail. A poll of managers, ranchers and…
JeffreySorelleNovember 1, 2022
This past month on the Research Ranch we completed fall covey call counts. These counts are part of the suite of monitoring activities we do on an annual basis to…
JeffreySorelleNovember 1, 2022
Podcasts - Dr. Dale on Quail How do quail and quail management affect rural land values? Is the “bird dog’s tail” wagging the “livestock dog” relative to land prices? These…
JeffreySorelleOctober 17, 2022
