1. CALIFORNIA (VALLEY) QUAIL: They’re found primarily in the coastal states but also in eastern Washington, Idaho, Nevada and Utah. They prefer broken chaparral, woodland edges, coastal scrub, parks, farms, open oak woodland and streamside growth—but they are skilled at adapting to their environments and sometimes can be found in suburbs, semi-desert situations, piñon-juniper woods and grasslands. They hold well for dogs but are also known to run like the wind.
2. GAMBEL’S QUAIL: Found in the brushy washes and cactus-studded arroyos of the Southwest, they are notorious runners and rarely hold tight, even when using pointing dogs. They love rocky terrain with thick cactus.
3. SCALED (BLUE) QUAIL: These hard-running devils inhabit southeastern Arizona, New Mexico, southern Colorado, west Texas, and parts of southeastern Colorado and western Oklahoma. Along…
