Hello tweets,
I was interested in the thread on Bobwhites. I visit some friends
in the west valley of Yakima each spring/summer and there are always
Bobwhites present in the field across from their house. This has been
going on about 7 years. And if they don't tolerate cold winters, I can't
imagine what they are doing in eastern Washington. Any insight on this
question?
Janet Partlow
partlowj at elwha.evergreen.edu

On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Peggi & Ben Rodgers wrote:

> At 11:26 AM 1/8/97 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> > I know that escaped Bobwhites crop up pretty often in Western
> >Washington. I've heard them myself in Discovery Park. My question is:
> >are there any areas where the escapees are breeding and have sustained a
> >population for a while? .
>
> I don't know of any, at least in Oregon. I rehabbed a couple last year and
> when checking for release sites, I spoke with the ODF&W biologist. He told
> me they don't tend to last long in the wild as they're not tolerant of the
> cold winters in the northwest.
>
> Peggi
> Ben & Peggi Rodgers
> Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz)
> USA
> woodduck at cruzio.com
>
> "A bird does not sing because it has an answer,
> It sings because it has a song"
>
>