One of six native quail species found in the United States, the northern bobwhite is the only species found east of the Mississippi. It is named for its two-note whistle, which sounds like a low “Bob” ...

Ed McCoy and Richard Pauley were picking huckleberries this summer when the two Botetourt County outdoorsmen heard a pair of quail calling. The sweet sound was coming from a prescribed burn that the ...

For some children, mimicking the northern bobwhite quail’s mating call was how they learned to whistle. They heard the urgent and earnest “bob-white” sound lilting from pastures and fields. The call’s ...