Without a trained hunting dog, you will have trouble seeing quantities = of these birds. They sit tight and resist flushing, this is what makes = them so attractive as a target of hunting with a pointer. If you have = ever birded Virginia or Georgia where Quail are common, it is = omnipresent call that declares their presence and gives you an idea of = where they live. You hear them everywhere.
Mark Alt Brooklyn Center, MN [email protected] "Birds and their songs are important to me, they add to my enjoyment of = life"=20 -----Original Message----- From: Laura Erickson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 11:49 AM To: Anthony Hertzel; MN Birding Net; MOU Listservice Subject: Re: [mnbird] N. Bobwhites Hmmm. I take issue with a few points myself. At 11:37 AM 8/8/2003 -0500, Anthony Hertzel wrote: >But you still need a minimum population level to sustain the species. = Recent studies indicate that by the end of the breeding season (right = about now) you ought to be able to find close to 4000 bobwhite in any = one local breeding area. Is anyone in Winona, Houston, or Fillmore = county reporting even 1% of these numbers? I've birded a lot in southern Michigan and Illinois, both of which are = WELL within the established breeding range of bobwhites, and have NEVER = seen close to 4000, or 400, or even 40 in a single local area. >> The historic range of Northern Bobwhite did >> encompass extreme southern Minnesota. > >Actually, it probably did not. T.S. Roberts: "A permanent resident, breeding chiefly in the = southeastern quarter of the state but has spread westward and = northwestward to the Dakotas and, to a limited extent, into the forested = areas northward. Minnesota is at the limit of its present northwestern = range in the United States." (1932, 1936) Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Journey North Science Writer <http://learner.org/jnorth/current.html> <http://www.lauraerickson.com/> There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. = There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of = nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the = winter. --Rachel Carson=20 _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list [email protected] http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird
