Yes, it is entirely possible. There are scattered populations of Bobwhites
on Orcas. People have raised them in the past and they have naturalized in
some areas. I heard one the other day in the woods next to the postoffice
in Eastsound.
Gayle Benton
Eastsound, WA
gbenton at rockisland.com


> Last weekend, my partner heard a bird at Brandt's Landing on the north
> shore of Orcas Island. He followed the very loud call -- a sharp, rising
> two note deal -- and got very close to the bird. He's not a birder, but
> when he got home, Simon went through the National Geo bird book with me
> and identified what he saw as a Northern Bobwhite. Is that possible?
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