They're not rare here, I think people just don't see them as often. We have
several families of resident quail on our hillside in Kenmore, and they stay
through the winter. They suffer a little from attrition, and aren't as
visible as in the spring and summer. - Teresa Michelsen

-----Original Message-----
From: Jane Stewart <mccomb at olympus.net>
To: cleland at u.washington.edu <cleland at u.washington.edu>
Cc: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: Quail


>I assume that quail in January here is rather unusual, as I havn't seen
>them at this time before, and I notice that none were seen on the recent
>CBC. Am I correct
>> that they are rare in winter here?
>>
>> ************************
>> Robert Cleland
>>
>>
>Our Covey of Quail are here (I think they are year around residents-we
>have only been here a couple of months). The Nursery customers love
>them; do you feed them? what?
>
>Thanks
>Jane Stewart
>Sequim, WA
>