Here’s a couple quotes from that article that would go right hand in hand with what I was saying about the impacts of some of our current management practices ……An overabundance of grass and a poor insect food chain due to diminished soil organic matter levels and no grazers

Broods select burned areas over unburned areas each year and dense cover at ground level during wet years is a negative for bobwhite chick survival.

Although it is known that insects are a vital source of food for bobwhite chicks, little work has been conducted to identify which species are most important to the chicks