 average quail numbers in a state like arizona and you know mern's quail breed a little bit later than some of their desert birds so their abundance is tied closely to those those monsoon rains so we'll see what happens you know last year we had a poor monsoon season and there was a low percentage of juvenile birds going into the breeding season so we're gonna have to see what happens but early rainfall in arizona has wildlife managers pretty optimistic about mern's nesting success going through the season here so we'll see what happens but some of these southern states are with