The Quail Diaries is a conversation about evolution & the natural world.
The Quail Diaries is the intersection of art, literature and scientific research.
The Quail Diaries is where people who want to participate in the study of the natural world actively become involved.
The Quail Diaries seeks support for a project investigating the past and present of the Callipepla.Head to Petridish.org to read the project description and rewards structure and to support the work.
As an insect eater the Quail is worth its weight in gold We are in the middle of a funding crisis in the sciences. Word of mouth among academics is that projects such as The Quail Diaries, involving the study of the evolution of animal behavior using field and molecular biological techniques on nonmodel and challenging bird species, has about as much chance of being funded federally as a snowball in hell. the world will … Continue reading
I took this photo yesterday as I was running the dog in the late afternoon. This is in Seattle and it is where I once saw and heard a male California quail almost three years ago. knotted with light and shade This male Callipepla californica was making an “advertisement,” cow, call. And maybe it is advertisement although, honestly, I do not think we know enough about the call’s function to call it that. I have intranscience. Salt away. … Continue reading
Impermanence. Jen Gee is in the field in Mexico–chasing Gambel’s and Elegant quail– I was not in the field–just on visit in the middle of working on my preproposal. And, after Christmas but before New Years, also gaining some sun for the small primates and myself. As long as I am, I am Of course, I could not help but set the traps despite the strong sensation I had that the quail were … Continue reading
