It all started with a YouTube video and a child who wanted to be Gerald Durrell. One moment we were saying “maybe” to hatching pet quail eggs, and the next we were sneaking an incubator into the loft.

Q: Can I keep and raise quail as domesticated game birds? Can I sell their eggs? A: California is home to three native species of quail: mountain, California and Gambel’s quail. To keep these species ...

My eleven-year-old son is an amateur naturalist. He takes his cue, literally, from The Amateur Naturalist by Gerald Durrell (from The Durrells). My friend lent him her childhood copy and he has ...

Learn everything you need to know about how to raise Coturnix quail. This quail is the best game bird for small spaces, so you can raise them in the city or countryside. I was first introduced to the ...

Not Brewster again, Bruce, I don’t know what is going on in your town, but between hearing about peacocks, white turkeys, something called a “Tennessee Red Quail” and now this unusual bird, I’m ...

Not everyone is a cat person or a dog person. Some folks are bird people. If you’ve decided to get a feathered friend, you have a lot to consider. There are numerous species of birds, all ranging in ...

Loss of natural habitat is a serious threat to wildlife. How game birds have managed to recover after the wildfires that have roared through and incinerated our neck of the woods is a mystery, but ...

While walking down our grassy driveway one evening, I was surprised to see a medium-sized butterball of a bird frozen in fear in the tall field grass. A bobwhite quail! It almost instantly flushed ...