Battling Bobwhite Burnout
Sitting on my front porch yesterday watching that heavy, wet snow pile up and watching the squirrels try to figure out my new squirrel-proof bird
February 11, 2021
Shell’s Covert, by Marc Puckett
Quail Food Patches Re-examined
I am broaching the subject of food patches recognizing the risk that I might inadvertently offend some of you. That is not my intent. The
January 28, 2021
Shell’s Covert: Making Hay When the Snow Flies
“Young man, you better learn to make hay when the snow flies,” the old man said to his grandson. “Sir?” the teenager replied. ”Not sure
December 9, 2020
Shell’s Covert: “Working Smarter, Not Harder”
The worn old saw “Work Smarter, Not Harder” comes to mind as I begin this month’s blog post. And as I approach 58 in a
November 18, 2020
Shell’s Covert: Reducing Cool Season Sod-Forming Grasses Without Herbicides
On nearly every farm in our area, unless it is totally wooded, you will find cool season non-native sod-forming grasses like fescue and orchard grass.
October 7, 2020
Shell’s Covert: 11 Years in Review with Optimism for the Future
This post provides links for those who wish to explore more fully the past 11 years of what we now call our “Quail and Early-Successional
September 2, 2020
Shell’s Covert: Apple Pie, Ice Cream, Hot Dogs, Baseball…Cattle and Quail.
For multiple decades eastern wildlife biologists were fond of saying cattle and quail did not mix. This must have come as a great surprise to
August 6, 2020
Brooding over Brood Habitat
First, just a quick note to say our Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, which has had the word “game” in its name since 1916,
July 6, 2020
Discovering the “Bobwhite Birds”
May and June are prime months for birding…and if you are wondering just what that means, it is the practice of actively going out to
June 1, 2020
Essential?
There’s been a lot of talk during this COVID pandemic about who and what is essential. If you are amidst a heart attack, the people
May 1, 2020
