One thing I like about California is our choice of official state bird: the California quail. Most sports teams and schools pick rather fierce and aggressive animals for the mascots. The United States ...

Q: I live near a park that is frequented by quail, and I love watching them on my morning walks. What plants can I put in my own yard to encourage quail to visit my property? A: Quail certainly are ...

The swan song of San Francisco's last known remaining California quail is a sad one. Three lilting notes – chi-ca-go – cries the adult male from his perch in Golden Gate Park. There is no response but ...

Q:The area in front of our Orinda house is a south-facing hillside, currently planted in juniper. But the juniper is dying (from old age, we think) and we are trying to figure out what to replant it ...

Stop the music. The closest thing to a partridge in a pear tree around here is a quail. It will just have to do as our December bird, and it’s a delightful, although not related, substitute.

It’s a startling phenomenon: you’re walking along a trail in Orange County’s coastal sage scrub when there’s a sudden burst of noise and feathers. You’ve just flushed a covey of California quail.

A new group of Californians is moving to Texas to help the environment and economy. A group of researchers at Texas A&M Commerce are introducing the California valley quail to Texas to help the ...

The California Quail is a handsome, round soccer ball of a game bird with a small head and bill and a distinctive, curled black head plume in both sexes. Its wings are short and very broad and tail is ...

DEAR JOAN: I just saw a television program that said that turkeys displace quail and blue jays. I don’t understand how they could do this, particularly jays since they nest high up in trees. I have ...

This is one of my favorite sounds every spring. It's the characteristic call made by both the male and female California quail. It's a contact call: basically, "I am here, where are you. I am here, ...