Gambel's

Gambel's quail, the cactus wren, and the roadrunner are common in the southern part of the region.

American Semidesert and Desert Province (Bailey) 2009

Scaled quail and Gambel's quail occupy most of the area, and bobwhite populations reach into its eastern portion.

Chihuahuan Semidesert Province (Bailey) 2009

This higher body temperature means that a Gambel's quail, for instance, with a body temperature of 107°F (42°C), can continue to conduct heat to the air until the ambient temperature reaches 107°F.

Adaptations of desert birds and mammals 2009

They include mule deer, gray foxes, desert cottontails, rock squirrels, and birds like blue and Gambel's quail, desert sparrows, roadrunners and more.

What happens to all of the animals when their homes are destroyed by bulldozers? 2008

The old man kept his lever-action .22 magnum close to his hand, the barrel vibrating against the truck's gearshift, and he was true to his word, stopping the truck to take potshots at a raven, a hawk perched on a telephone pole, a single Gambel's quail running down the road.

Takedown 2006

Gambel's Quail picking up the seeds falling to the ground

outside my window...... Gumbo Lily 2008

Many dogs don't figure out how to control running Gambel's quail but Tess did, circling way out like a good pheasant dog and turning them back in my direction.

Jim Harrison: The Life of a Sportsman and the Lives of his Dogs 2004

Scroll down to see us and more tales of the Spur and click on the hyperlinks for art, including a sketch of Gambel's quail he made on Lee Henderson's rannch as we watched them, and the resulting watercolor.

Archive 2006-11-01 2006

They figure prominently in the chapter on Gambel's Quail from which these pictures come.

Archive 2006-11-01 2006

For instance the best dog of my life was an English setter named Tess over whom I shot at least 1,200 birds, including grouse, woodcock, four kinds of quail — bobwhite, Mearns ', Gambel's and scaled — and also sharptails and Hungarian grouse.

Jim Harrison: The Life of a Sportsman and the Lives of his Dogs 2004