#bobwhites

Cover art for Wildlife in North Carolina, June 1957. Illustration by Wallace Hughes.

Photo: Luis Guillermo

"Fairly common in brushy fields and coastal scrub of Yucatan Peninsula region, where 'bob-WHITE!' song sounds just like that of other bobwhites. Usually found in groups or pairs, sometimes not far from villages or other human habitation; best seen on quiet roads and trails. Like most quail, flushes explosively from close range with excited calling, and perches readily up in trees when flushed."

Photo: Andy Morffew

"The only native quail in the east. Its whistled bob-white! call is a familiar sound in spring in farmland and brushy pastures. The birds are heard more often than seen; although not especially shy, they often keep within dense low cover. During fall and winter, bobwhites live in coveys, averaging about a dozen birds. At night they roost on the ground in circles, tails pointed inward, heads pointed out."

TITIAN RAMSAY PEALE (1799-1885) Five Bobwhites at the Delaware Water Gap signed and dated 'TR Peale/-May 1868' (lower right) oil on canvas 22 x 27 in. (55.9 x 68.6 cm.) Painted in 1868.