National Quail Symposium Proceedings
Abstract
This study was conducted on a 214-acre area of the Ames Plantation, Fayette County, Tennessee. Information on behavior of bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) during winter was obtained through flushing, trapping, color-marking, and telemetering quail during January-March, 1970. Interchange of quail between coveys was common; at least 20 incidences of change in covey affiliation were recorded. An average covey lost and gained a member every 3 days. Rapid replacement of birds lost from covey ranges was attributed to communication between coveys.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7290/nqsp01a2v2
Recommended Citation
Yoho, Noel S. and Dimmick, Ralph W.
(1972)
"Changes of Covey Affiliation by Bobwhite Quail in Tennessee,"
National Quail Symposium Proceedings: Vol. 1
, Article 7.
https://doi.org/10.7290/nqsp01a2v2
Available at:
https://trace.tennessee.edu/nqsp/vol1/iss1/7
