Bob whites however are suffering over the whole range, continent wide.

I feel really lucky in that during the last two weekends I have seen a half dozen or so pairs of Bob's, and even heard a bird calling this afternoon right behind our house which is just a few miles south of Azle.

In fact, we have been living here for 10 years now and there has been one or two pair of Bob's in the vicinty since we moved in.

State wide however, some of the species you named are growing in numbers or have stable populations.

Bob whites on the other hand are diminishing in numbers in the wild Nationwide.

Even without all the predators and the fireant threat, it may be a case of Bob whites not being able to adapt to the environmental changes taking place in their habitat, fast enough to rebuild their populations. JASWAG!