Northern Bobwhite Quail

Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus ) singing/calling in Goose Lake Prairie State Park Illinois

[tritarch]

This call is from a more peaceful and happier time of my life. One of the benefits growing up as a poor kid in the deep rural south.

[joeynabors]

The sound of childhood! I've not heard this in many years. It reminds me of sweet days in the country on the farm with my grandparents

[scadstersworld]

I have always liked to hear these beautiful birds calling out. The sound is very peaceful and calming.

[ErykaSoleil]

My property in TN has recently (within the last two years) acquired a pair of these, and I am very happy about it. I hope they have lots of babies and live long, healthy lives in our rampant undergrowth. 😁

[onetewbee]

The sound of my youth about 50 years ago.  Thank you.

[nubecitangel]

Man, I remember hearing them in the early morning but never knew it was a quail.

[MajiMarji]

I remember this call from my childhood in Virginia. Sometimes it is “Bob White” and sometimes “Robert White.”

[vintijeffect]

Reminds me of being at Grandma's house. Haven't heard one since childhood 30+ years ago.

[TheRivrPrncess]

I used to hear this sound as a child. I moved back to the same city in North Carolina but don't ever hear it.  I so miss that sound.

[ab_Cass]

we have em here in Louisiana. ever since I was a kid I'd go out and whistle back. I must do a good impression, cuz they talk to me all afternoon

[Agiantpansy]

I live next a quarter mile from a conservation club that regularly releases quail for bird dog hunts, (questionable ethics imho) and usually a few of them manage to survive that gauntlet and make it to my 80 acres. There a great bird, once you learn to imitate there call you can have long conversations with them.

[jilli]

I'm a 73-year old woman. This memory of Bob White Quail calls makes me feel SO good (and young)! Thank You!

[Zehbron]

These guys are all over my area in Tennessee. You can hear them from quite a distance, but once in a while you'll see them pecking around on the ground in the brush.

[jpagesc]

One of the most beautiful sounds in the world!!!

[CallaLily]

Thank you so much for this! Me and my mom were “talking” to a bird with this tune and now we know what it is! Thanks so much!

[steved]

My backyard is butted against a large corn field and I hear one every day for the last couple of years in a tree line a distance away. Nice and peaceful.

[maenova]

I also hear a bullfrog in the background. Ah, the sounds of my childhood.

[sherryglass]

They say you can never go home again. Yet, I hear this...and I am home. <3

[quintonhasissues]

My stepdad said he listened to these birds with his grandpa when he was younger, hes about in his late 50s.
Its sad that you hardly hear them anymore.

[lindafriedlander]

I hear this bird every day and it's LOUD!  LOL  Love it's call and I sometimes call back to it but not quite as well as it does it.