Quail numbers quadrupled with habitat management

[BenA]

Very interesting and promising article on an area not that big.

Restoration Efforts Help Quadruple Quail Population in Nanticoke River Wildlife Management Area

news.maryland.gov

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

Saw one today and heard another 2-3.
You have any on your place?

 

[BenA]

I jumped about 4 on my first trip looking at the place, but nothing since. I'm leaning towards a faster burn rotation. I just have to work out the logistics of permanent firebreaks.

 

[Bill]

I’ve posted this before. No quail on my place when I bought it. None for several years. Then one here and there. Today I hear the Bob White calls all day long everywhere. I’m not sure which improvements helped the most but I suspect just letting some fields go fallow and adding native grass, and leaving beans, and leaving lots of ragweed. Edge feathering and cutting clear cuts. But not sure which one is better than the other.

 

[SwampCat]

I’ve posted this before. No quail on my place when I bought it. None for several years. Then one here and there. Today I hear the Bob White calls all day long everywhere. I’m not sure which improvements helped the most but I suspect just letting some fields go fallow and adding native grass, and leaving beans, and leaving lots of ragweed. Edge feathering and cutting clear cuts. But not sure which one is better than the other.

All if it, in one place