These quick-cooking birds deliver deep flavor, while their petite eggs add a rich, custardy texture to everything from ...

It’s that time of the year again when outdoorsmen don hunter orange and wait patiently for game to come into their crosshairs, but will quail be among the wildlife in their bounty? This fickle bird ...

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 ...

No offense to my friends and family, but some of the best visitors I’ve had in my garden recently have had wings, not arms. This time of year, birds seem to arrive in droves — some to nip off seedpods ...

On an early January morning, Raleigh Lowder let loose his two hunting dogs, 2-year-old English pointer Dottie and 10-year-old German short hair Doc, to scour the grounds of Bobwhite Hills Wild ...

Here we are, approaching Thanksgiving, and the wild turkey is once again the focus of avian attention. But the California quail deserves some of the spotlight as well. This feathered friend is no ...

At San Francisco’s State Bird Provisions, chef and owner Stuart Brioza built the entire menu around a dish of fried quail. The decision isn’t too surprising if one reads into the name of the ...

With its distinctive topknot, the California or Valley quail looks more like a fanciful partridge in a pear tree than it does a real bird, but it is real. It’s also thriving and, unlike most other ...

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The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of ...