Is the Buff-breasted Button-quail still alive? After Years of Searching, this Century-old Bird Mystery Remains
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Patrick Webster, The University of Queensland In humid savanna on Cape York Peninsula, February 5, 1922, a man was on the hunt with a local Indigenous guide. They had just heard their quarry calling among the tall grass – a low “oomm, oomm, oomm” – before it burst into view with a flurry of wingbeats. A loud shotgun blast, and the bird dropped to the ground.
Is the Buff-breasted Button-quail still alive? After Years of Searching, this Century-old Bird Mystery Remains
Is the Buff-breasted Button-quail still…
Is the Buff-breasted Button-quail still alive? After Years of Searching, this Century-old Bird Mystery Remains
Patrick Webster, The University of Queensland In humid savanna on Cape York Peninsula, February 5, 1922, a man was on the hunt with a local Indigenous guide. They had just heard their quarry calling among the tall grass – a low “oomm, oomm, oomm” – before it burst into view with a flurry of wingbeats. A loud shotgun blast, and the bird dropped to the ground.