{"id":42908,"date":"2024-10-22t19:31:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-22t19:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/?p=42908"},"modified":"2024-10-22t19:31:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22t19:31:54","slug":"northern-bobwhite-quail-preservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/northern-bobwhite-quail-preservation\/","title":{"rendered":"three strategies for preserving the northern bobwhite quail in texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
northern bobwhite quail are about eight inches long with a mix of brown, black, gray, and white feathers. they build their nests on the ground and quickly dart between shrubs and bushes in the grasslands of the northern rolling plains and high plains of the texas panhandle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
though they are small compared to other ground-nesting birds like grouse or wild turkeys, they are a keystone species<\/a> and play an important role in their ecosystem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cquail are what i would call a canary in the coal mine for the grassland or prairie ecosystem. finding management ways to help quail is also going to help a lot of other grassland birds, which are in decline,\u201d said dr. brad dabbert, the burnett foundation professor of quail ecology at texas tech university. <\/p>\n\n\n\n