Originally Posted by
jwcarlson
Agree with Al, a wild quail is a rare sight these days. If I see one here in Iowa it's something I actively tell people about. I saw three of them about three years ago. Will occasionally see one randomly in the fall, but almost never in groups. I saw a covey of maybe 10 or 12 about 20+ years ago from a deer stand. Went maybe 15 years before seeing another one. Had been an uptick until I saw those three a few years ago, but haven't seen any since. Glad to see they're hanging on somewhere! There's so little habitat here anymore for anything other than corn and soybeans that it's depressing.