Blue Quail, Cotton-top, Scalies, Top-knot Quail, Scaled Partridge, Mexican Quail Characteristics Average wt. 6.9 oz (195 g); Average length (bill to tail) 10"-12" (25-30 cm). The Scaled Quail is a ...

A “Blue Quail Appreciation Day” is scheduled to be held at the Quail Ranch in Crane County on Friday, October 13, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Young birds of both species, blue (scaled) quail, left, and bobwhites, may make up a good portion of the this year's population as quail season kicks off Saturday. Ralph Winingham /Contibutor.

Out in the Trans-Pecos, where scaled quail outnumber their more famous bobwhite cousins, ... In the Trans-Pecos, the scaled (blue) quail index was 30.52 birds per survey route, ...

Scaled quail get their name from a feather pattern on their chests that resembles fish scales. In some places they’re called blue quail for their grayish-blue back feathers.

MARFA — Blue quail are not gentlemen. Unlike their bobwhite cousins that are known as “Gentleman Bobs” by wingshooters across the county, blues — officially known as scaled quail — just ...

While hunting prospects for bobwhites are somewhat bleak this season across much of Texas, opportunity abounds for scaled quail under the wide-open skies of the state’s Trans-Pecos region. And ...

Collector Michael Fux just took delivery of his tenth bespoke Rolls-Royce at The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering at this year’s Monterey Car Week.

The 2025 Cuyama Water Justice Fellowship is part of the larger project “Building the Cuyama Valley Coalition of Water Stewards” led by Quail Springs, supported by Blue Sky Center. This project aims to ...

Scaled quail populations in the Trans-Pecos leapt from a dip of 4.33 in 2021 (the lowest since 1995) to 13.06 in 2022, still below the 15-year (16.26) and long-term (17.56) averages but a move in ...

Scaled quail has earned the nickname "blue quail," "cotton top," or "Mexican quail," according to the TPWS. It can be identified by its bluish-grey color with extensive markings on the back, ...