Oct 12, 2024
For Dee on plurk/bsky, a Northern Bobwhite! Thanks for donating to this year's Waymakers event and supporting immigrant kids in the US! I hope you enjoy this delightfully round friend. Quail are the best birds.
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For Dee on plurk/bsky, a Northern Bobwhite! Thanks for donating to this year's Waymakers event and supporting immigrant kids in the US! I hope you enjoy this delightfully round friend. Quail are the best birds.
Northern Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus), male, family Odontophoridae, order Galliformes, FL, USA.
photograph by Federico Acevedo
New World quail (Odontophoridae) family
Which is the best bird?
Nahan's partridge
Buffy-crowned wood partridge
Singing quail
Northern bobwhite
Mountain quail
Montezuma quail
California quail
BORB IS BACK!
People really loved this drawing of a VERY ROUND bobwhite quail from a few months back, and it's now available as a 4", weatherproof vinyl indoor/outdoor sticker! Get it at https://www.etsy.com/listing/1704583719/borb-very-round-bobwhite-quail-4-vinyl
Also, if you want to be the first to get my newest sticker release every month, just join any of my sticker tiers at https://www.patreon.com/lupagreenwolf
quail thing
Source details and larger version.
I've collected some weird vintage bird imagery, from bird hats to bird people, ghost birds to giant birds.
Have you read Bobwhite by Magnolia Porter?
Yes, completely!
Yes, partially
No
I've never heard of it
"Wacky college roommates at an art college"
Read it here!
US postage stamp, 1987 “Bobwhite” North American Wildlife Series Scott #2301
Issued: June 13, 1987 - Toronto, Canada Quantity: 12,919,500 Designer: Chuck Ripper Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Photogravure)
This stamp is part of the third U.S. stamp sheet of 50 different varieties attached. It was issued to celebrate America’s variety of wildlife, and animal subjects were chosen to reflect the geographic and biological diversity of creatures native to this continent. All areas of the United States are represented, including Hawaii and Alaska.