Upland Bird Hatch

[Shoffy]

Looks like the spring weather has been pretty good for the upland birds so far. When do they start to hatch??
You guys think we'll finally have a good season??

[Dhoey07]

I have a covey of about 12 quail that frequent the house, haven't seen any chicks yet.  Supposed to rain 4 out of the next 5 days though.   

[CP]

Not really an upland bird but I walked into a newly hatched clutch of grouse chicks while bear hunting 2 weeks ago.

[DOUBLELUNG]

Saw my first brood of quail in Wenatchee yesterday.

[Stilly bay]

any mountain quail sightings? their numbers seem to be increasing a bit or maybe I am just getting better at finding them

[Timberstalker]

any mountain quail sightings? their numbers seem to be increasing a bit or maybe I am just getting better at finding them

The last mtn quail I saw was in the Blue's in the Fall of 2010.  I havent seen any since.  This is the Eastside though so they are very rare.

[Stilly bay]

any mountain quail sightings? their numbers seem to be increasing a bit or maybe I am just getting better at finding them

The last mtn quail I saw was in the Blue's in the Fall of 2010.  I havent seen any since.  This is the Eastside though so they are very rare.

I heard they were planted in random areas on the west side, to help supplement their numbers.
about this time last year I saw a pair with four chicks on Whidbey island of all places. I used to know of almost a dozen coveys I could find with regularity down around Elma, and it seemed like the population was slightly increasing every year.

[uplandhunter870]

saw my first small group of fresh quail in E. wenatchee the other day, havent been up to the folks place in orondo much yet. buddy of mine feeds quail at his place usually has 40 to 50 around constantly he said he hasnt seen any new chicks yet

[steen]

The only mountain quail I have ever seen is the one mounted in our house.  My husband shot it in Oregon the last season they were open, he wanted a pair but never got a hen.  They are very beautiful birds.

[Sumpnneedskillin]

Haven't seen any chicks yet.  I've been watching.  I've noticed that the hens aren't around as much.  So hopefully very soon.  It's been raining pretty hard on the Palouse tonite.  Hopefully things will turn out ok.

As for Mtn Quail, when I was stationed in California I used to get into them all the time.  My hunting buddy got a couple mounted and I said "I'll wait until next year".  Well the next couple of years I had a hard time finding them and when I did get one it wasn't in pristine shape.  Then I transferred.  So I never did get any mounted. 

[Birdguy]

At the cabin in Okanogan last weekend saw a couple batches of grouse chicks  (first ones we have seen since the fire several years ago). The quail were all around but no chicks yet.
    As for mountain quail the only ones I have seen in years are in the pens in my yard and the brooder in the shop  . Coolest of all the quail by far, can be tough to raise but well worth it. I have not heard of any effort by our "game" dept. to supplement the native populations. There was an effort by one of the tribes on the east side (Blue mountains I believe) a few years back where they trapped and transferred some bought from Oregon if I remember correctly.

[lokidog]

The only mountain quail I have ever seen is the one mounted in our house.  My husband shot it in Oregon the last season they were open, he wanted a pair but never got a hen.  They are very beautiful birds.

I shot 76 while archery elk hunting out of Coos Bay one season (1988 or so), never did get one mounted.     I ate a lot of good dinners on the grill under a huge maple by a beautiful little creek that year!

[Stilly bay]

Coolest of all the quail by far, can be tough to raise but well worth it. I have not heard of any effort by our "game" dept. to supplement the native populations

I am trying to jog my memory on who planted the quail... Im pretty sure it wasn't our "game" dept. I remember reading they planted in the san Jauns also.

a very cool birds, and a lot of fun to hunt with a dog!

[wildweeds]

Got a report from moses last week........................... pheasant sighted with close to a  dozen chicks that were fully feathered and flying,estimated to be about 3 weeks old.

[Gringo31]

I've have yet to see any pheasant chicks.  We got an inch of rain last night and I don't see many that would survive it.  Good news is if they are all killed early, she'll have another hatch.