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The Last Covey of Quail

Posted in birds, tagged , on November 1, 2018| 5 Comments »

They came marching through the dead stalks of corn, filling the air with their eerie little noises that denote their comings and goings to anyone who happened to listen. They were of the bobwhite tribe, and this was their last redoubt in this little rugged hilly country n middle of nowhere in West Virginia. There […]

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Bobwhite actually making the sound

Posted in wildlife, tagged , on June 23, 2010| 6 Comments »

This is a rooster: Source. The description to this video said the bobwhite actually came in the house. That means that this was a captive-reared bird. Bobwhites have been bred in captivity for so long that they’ve become tamer than any domestic fowl. They also come in several color and size varieties. Some of the […]

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The specialization of dogs

Posted in dog behavior, dog breeding, working dogs, working retrievers, tagged , , , , , , on March 16, 2010| 62 Comments »

Specialization is so far advanced in dogdom that even among working lines there are divisions between trial and hunting or herding dogs. Whereas not too many years ago field trials were merely a way to keep a dog employed during the off-season, they have become ends in themselves. Trial dogs, be they pointers, retrievers, spaniels, […]

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