The woodcock is considered one of the sportiest of American game birds, highly important as a game species in the 

 New England and Lake States and in Louisiana. Typical New England singing ground and nesting cover (left 

 and adult with downy young. Maryland (right). (Photos by Howard L. Mendall. left; and Peter J. Van 

 Huizen, right) 



The mourning dove is the mo.st widel.T distributed game bird in North America and is adaptable to a wide range of 



habitat conditions. (Photo by Charles W. Schwartz) 



