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1
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BWQ: Average weight.

A

5-6 oz.

2
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BWQ: Length

A

10-11 inches

3
Q

BWQ: Wingspan

A

14-15 inches

4
Q

BWQ: Which parts are black?

A

bill, eyes, legs, and feet

5
Q

BWQ: Form a strong or weak pairing bond?

A

weak

6
Q

BWQ: Which sex incubates the eggs?

A

Both

7
Q

BWQ: Hens can nest up to how many times?

A

3 times

8
Q

BWQ: Peak nesting occurs when?

A

May- early June

9
Q

BWQ: How many in a clutch?

A

12-15

10
Q

BWQ: Incubation period

A

23 days

11
Q

BWQ: Can fly at how many weeks?

A

2 weeks

12
Q

BWQ: Reach mature size at how many weeks?

A

14-16 weeks

13
Q

BWQ: Population turnover

A

70-80%

14
Q

BWQ: What causes high mortality?

A

Food shortage, cold, adverse weather, predators, disease

15
Q

BWQ: Potential life span

A

4-5 years

16
Q

BWQ: Average life expectancy

A

less than a year

17
Q

BWQ: What percent of animal matter and plant matter do they consume?

A

15% animal matter, 85% plant matter

18
Q

BWQ: Low growing woody plants should not be how many feet apart?

A

200-300

19
Q

BWQ: Percent of canopy cover of brush

A

5-20%

20
Q

BWQ: How many basketball sized clumps are needed for nesting cover on an acre?

A

250-300

21
Q

BWQ: one clump for every ____ feet over an acre

A

12-13

22
Q

BWQ: shrub thickets are needed on about every ____acres

A

15 acres

23
Q

BWQ: Must roost in a ____ facing _____

A

circle; outward

24
Q

BWQ: How do they meet their water needs?

A

food consumed, dew, or surface water

25
Q

BWQ: annual home range

A

10-80 acres

26
Q

BWQ: Spend ___ of their time on ___ acres

A

75%; 22 acres

27
Q

BWQ: What percent of an area should be left in woody plants

A

10-25%

28
Q

BWQ: Water held in plants often exceeds bobwhite requirements by a factor of ____

A

10,000

29
Q

BWQ: Beneficial wildlife managment practice in Texas

A

prescribed burning

30
Q

BWQ: no more than __ to __ %should be disked

A

10 to 15%