Date: 4/14/24 4:30 am From: Tommie Rogers <sundragon1...> Subject: Re: [ALbirds] Bobwhite on Dauphin Island
With the constant clearing, development and mowing in most states, where else can they live? I've watched them disappear from counties surrounding me. Too many large properties are mowed year round.
Maybe someone had a good idea putting them there. The habitat is very similar to where I used to live in Florida and enjoyed abundant flocks of NOBO.
Tommie Rogers
Marion county, TN
From: "Jud Johnston" <egrosbeak1946...>
To: <ALbirds...>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2024 2:46:24 AM
Subject: Re: [ALbirds] Bobwhite on Dauphin Island
Dr. Hill, I think you are justified in questioning the sudden proliferation of bobwhites. Sounds like exactly what you suggested. I do know I saw a pheasant in the Audubon Sanctuary once, 8-10 years ago. That was explained as a release from a failed breeding attempt.
Jud Johnston
Waynesboro, TN
On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 8:40 PM Geoffrey Hill < [ mailto:<hillgee...> | <hillgee...> ] > wrote:
Hi AL birders,
I’ve been coming to Dauphin Island since 1993 and I’ve never detected a Northern Bobwhite on the island. This morning, my grad students and I were up before sunrise at the Sealab, getting ready to load our students into vans for their coastal field trip, and there was bobwhite on the deck railing of the house. Amazing. But it was very tame, and another bobwhite was calling across the lawn. Not normal. Then we pulled into the parking lot at the beach by the pier and other bobwhite was calling. Later, we got to the airport and another bobwhite was calling. Given that California Quail have been reported for the last few weeks, I’m suspecting that someone is releasing quail on the island including bobwhite. Anyone know anything about this?
Maybe it is all in my head, but bobwhite all over Dauphin Island doesn’t seem natural.
