Vol. 19, No. 9 
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._, W ' th ‘ he asslstance of personnel from the Illinois Department of Conservation 
brood counts were transected across the three townships where block roadside 
seed.ngs will be located in the future. There were I 9.0 broods observed per 100 
ichtl l Pr ®' r,e Green (Iroquois County), 7-5 broods per 100 miles in Harwod 
(Champaign County), and 17.7 broods per 100 miles in Anchor (McLean County). 
Table 1. Pheasant nest densities determined for cover types in the Ford County 
Management Unit, 1973-76. 
'973 
1974 
1975 
1976 
Cover 
Tota 1 
Nests 
per 
Acre 
Hatched 
Nests 
per 
Acre 
Total 
Nes ts 
per 
Acre 
Hatched 
Nests 
per 
Acre 
Tota 1 
Nests 
per 
Acre 
Hatched 
Nests 
per 
Acre 
Total 
Nests 
per 
Acre 
Hatched 
Nests 
per 
Acre 
Roadsides 
4.44 
1.30 
2.50 
1.23 
1.23 
0.27 
1.39 
0.48 
Hay 
2.40 
0.48 
0.96 
0.33 
0.86 
0.02 
0.59 
0. 10 
Pasture 
0.82 
0.34 
0.40 
0 + 
0.64 
0 + 
0.38 
0- 
Small grains 
Strip & non- 
0.23 
0.08 
0.21 
0.03 
0.29 
0.06 
0.27 
0.09 
agriculruaI 
0.79 
0.24 
0.56 
0.14 
0.59 
0.17 
0.45 
0.06 
Table 2. Estimated density of hatched nests per section in the Ford County 
Management Unit, 1973-76. 
Cover 
1973 
1974 
1975 
Roadsides 
12.8 
12.1 
2.7 
4.7 
Hay 
6.9 
2.5 
0 . 1 
0.7 
Pasture 
2.2 
0 + 
0 + 
0 + 
Small grains 
1.9 
0.7 
0.9 
1.2 
Strip & non- 
agricul tural 
9.3 
5.4 
6.6 
2.3 
Total hatched nests 
per section 
33.1 
20.7 
10.3 
8.9 
Percent hatched nests per 
section from roadsides 
38.7 
58.5 
26.2 
52.8 
