What bird in great droves fed the Israelites in the wilderness?
The birds that the Israelites ate (Exodus ch.16, Numbers ch.11)
is translated as quail. They ate the quail for two brief periods,
not for the whole forty years.
What link does the quail have with Judaism?
The Torah relates how God provided quail to the Israelites in
the wilderness on two occasions (Exodus ch.16, Numbers ch.11).