When the calendar page turns to autumn each year, home cooks’ thoughts often turn to birds – turkey, goose, Cornish hen – and even quail. Quail were once a Manatee County commodity, born and raised here for both home use and supplied to game preserves. Ben Richardson holds an albino quail Courtesy of Manatee County Public Library Historic Digital Collection Bentham (Ben) Richardson moved as a young child to Bradenton from South Carolina in 1909. He and his wife, Lillian Vowel