MD Osprey:

Here's an historical factoid for you ...

In November 1922, Dr. Alexander Wetmore of the Biological Survey, 
carried out field work into the status of introduced quail in Maryland.

Wetmore reported that in the two prior years (1920 and 1921), 
approximately 22,000 (!!!) "Mexican quail" [a subspecies of Bobwhite] 
were turned out in Maryland. (Approximately 31,600 were introduced in 
Pennsylvania since 1916!). However, Wetmore determined that "a very 
large part of the introduced birds die or are killed without having 
bred, in other words, the number of Mexican quail that succeed in 
establishing themselves under the new conditions that they encounter 
seems relatively small."

Literature Cited:
Alexander Wetmore. 1923. Introduction and Present Status of Mexican 
Quail in Maryland. (Unpublished; dated 23 Jan 1923)

Phil


At 11:19 05/16/2011, Frederick Fallon wrote:
>Alas , in the case of Bob-white's, they sometimes come from released 
>pen-reared birds - which may have hastened their disappearance in 
>the first place!

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Phil Davis      Davidsonville, Maryland     USA
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