{"id":6106,"date":"2016-01-21T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=6106"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:08:12","slug":"new-publication-quail-habitat-putting-the-numbers-in-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/new-publication-quail-habitat-putting-the-numbers-in-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"New Publication! Quail Habitat: Putting the Numbers in Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/quail.jpg\" alt=\"Quail\" width=\"400\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/quail.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/quail-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/quail-250x181.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>As\u00a0wildlife biologists, we often help people manage habitat for quail on their property. Every property is different, but areas with good quail numbers have one thing in common: quail-friendly habitat structure. The plant community on the property is especially important, but what plants do you need? It\u2019s great if you know plant species beneficial to quail, but if you\u2019re not a botanist, don\u2019t sweat it. Just learn to recognize and manage for structure. If you\u2019ve got the right structure, chances are the right plants will be present.<\/p>\n<p>Quail need several basic elements for good habitat: grass clumps for nesting, weedy areas for brood rearing, shrub cover for protection from the elements and predators, herbaceous vegetation for night-time roosting, and bare ground.\u00a0In the new publication &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-514-W#.Vp6c4cArK3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quail Habitat: Putting the Numbers in Perspective<\/a>,&#8221; Extension wildlife specialist <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/fnr\/Pages\/Profile.aspx?strAlias=rnchapma&amp;intDirDeptID=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Chapman<\/a> and\u00a0small game coordinator Scott Sudkamp explain how to add these elements to your property\u00a0in the proper way to make it an ideal habitat for quail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-514-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quail Habitat: Putting the Numbers in Perspective<\/a> &#8211; The Education Store, Purdue Extension Resource Center<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/fishwild\/3379.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobwhite Quail<\/a> &#8211; Indiana Department of Natural Resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.purdue.edu\/4-H\/_docs\/get-involved\/state-programs\/CDE\/4-h-991-w-developing-a-wildlife-habitat-management-plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Developing a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan<\/a> &#8211; The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-501-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breeding Birds and Forest Management: The Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment and the Central Hardwoods Region<\/a> &#8211; The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-401-W#.Vp6mU8ArK3c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Small Woodlots: Important Rest Stops for Migratory Songbirds<\/a> &#8211; The Education Store<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/fnr\/Pages\/Profile.aspx?strAlias=rnchapma&amp;intDirDeptID=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Chapman<\/a>, Extension Wildlife Specialist<br \/>\nPurdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As\u00a0wildlife biologists, we often help people manage habitat for quail on their property. Every property is different, but areas with good quail numbers have one thing in common: quail-friendly habitat structure. The plant community on the property is especially important, but what plants do you need? It\u2019s great if you know plant species beneficial to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,54],"tags":[63,72],"class_list":["post-6106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howto","category-wildlife","tag-how-to","tag-wildlife","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6106"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33872,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106\/revisions\/33872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}