One of a covey of about 10 birds
I observed one adult male and 6 or 7 females and/or juveniles on the side of the paved road in the monument.
1st audio: NOBO at 0, 21, 37, and 54 seconds. Couldn't get a clean recording.
2nd audio: Single NOBO whistle
Two whistles, at 1 sec and 16.5 sec. Farther down the trail, I flushed a pair of birds.
Blue-grey gnatcatcher is on another observation, this is for the bobwhite call
Found dead female NOBO and her five dead chicks just off the road at the northeast corner of Moss Ledford and Grove Hill. Since the female was flattened, I believe the cause of death was run over by an off road vehicle, probably at night while they were asleep. They were not eaten by a predator. Insects skeletonized the remains but feathers mainly intact.
These birds are dead, I found all four of them together. I just wanna figure out what type of bird these were, they look young
Montezuma Quail, Bioresearch Ranch, Peloncillo Mtns.