Hatching Bobwhite Quail Eggs

The West Babylon Public Library is currently incubating and hatching Northern Bobwhite Quail eggs as part of a project in partnership with the Center for Environmental Education and Discovery (CEED). The purpose of this project is to help increase the quail population and in turn reduce the tick population on Long Island! Northern Bobwhite Quails are natural tick predators. Once hatched, chicks will be brought to a nature preserve out east, where they will be raised to maturity by volunteers from CEED. Once old enough, they will be released to live out in the wild. For more information visit the CEED website.