Potential Reason for Quail Decline

[simek]

http://today.ttu.edu/2014/08/researchers-blood-sucking-eyeworm-a-culprit-to-quail-decline/

[elkbowhunter]

dang blood sucking eye worms!!!

[Texhoma]

dang blood sucking eye worms!!!

Oh.... And drought. And Fire Ants.

[Texhoma]

Global warming?

[louieagarcia]

Oh.... And drought. And Fire Ants.

Dont forget about Humans...

[catslayer]

... somebody referenced a paper a while back about the % turn over in a quail population year to year... it was CRAZY high... dang it now I gotta get to googling it was a good read.

[kumathebear]

tainted feed (virus years ago,) drought, predators, now EYE WORMS! Dam, I feel like a quail now...

[sharkhunter]

Don't forget about feral cats!

[KickerPoint79]

Poor quail just can't catch a break.

[Killer]

Everything wants to eat them.. They taste too good!!

[Oleman]

Roadrunners love em' tooooo.

[flatlander]

Is there anything that DOESNT kill a quail?

[Tbar]

Our blues have disappeared just like the article suggests the last 4-5 years. Plentiful up to October then boom.......gone.

We are covered up with them right now......hope they survive this year.

[Brian H]

Lack of native grasses/weeds is a huge reason. Most ranches have improved their land with planting grasses that don't benefit quail.

[fritztown]

They're an extremely delicate bird.
Annual mortality is upwards of 80%.

They are, however, resilient..