They did fine at twenty below in northern Illinois where I grew up and
used to hunt them years ago.

Hal Opperman
halop at u.washington.edu

On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Janet Partlow wrote:

> 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"
> >
> >
>