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…
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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…
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…
“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…
The staff at RPQRR put In a lot of hours during November as they trapped the Ranch for 12 days straight. They trapped a total of 464 birds (including 40…
Podcasts – Dr. Dale on Quail It’s felt more like winter than fall recently, so this month’s episode of our Dr. Dale on Quail podcast is an ode to the…
So, is the bobwhite bust a function of hot and dry weather, eyeworms, or something else? One would be hard-pressed to point a finger at habitat per se this year….
by Daniel King RPQRR conducts fall covey call counts every year in October. We conduct these call counts at twelve predetermined points on the ranch. We arrive at the day’s…
Podcasts – Dr. Dale on Quail This month’s episode of our Dr. Dale on Quail podcast focuses on the second most abundant, yet equally loved, quail species in Texas: the…
by John Palarski Status: In early April we released 167 (n = 103 from south Texas, n = 64 from Rolling Plains ecoregion) wild-trapped bobwhites on a site in Erath…
If you’ve ever visited RPQRR, you’ve likely heard me say “there’s nothing opulent here but our quail habitat.” Our existing HQ, bunkhouse, and office (all in a 1940’s era farmhouse)…
