Table 3 .—Results of counts made on randomly-selected woodcock routes in Lower Michigan, 1963 and 1964 
Stop 
Classification 
Total number 
of stops 
Percentage 
of identical 
stops covered 
in both years 
Average number of birds heard per stop 
"Peents" 
"Peents" and 
"Flight Songs" combined 
North 
South 
North 
South 
North* 
South 
North 
South 
1963 
1964 
1963 
196¥ 
1963 
1964 
1963 
" 1964 
Good 
115 
is 
^7 
50 
i.o4 
1.39 
0.89 
0.44 
1.26 
1.56 
1.11 
0.56 
Satisfactory 
596 
197 
44 
5^ 
0.54 
0.68 
0.50 
0.37 
0.68 
0.82 
O.56 
0.45 
Poor 
757 
64-0 
17 
22 
0.24 
0.28 
0.l4 
0.12 
O.36 
0.3U 
0.19 
0.17 
Unsatisfactory 
65 
258 
23 
17 
0.00 
0.00 
0.07 
0.00 
0.07 
0.00 
0.16 
0.02 
Totals and 
1,533 
1,H3 
30 
27 
o.4i 
0.51 
0.20 
0.14 
0.5^ 
0.60 
0.26 
0.19 
Weighted Averages 
Table 4 . —Comparison of counts made on operational and randomly-selected routes in Lower Michigan, 1963 an< ^ 19 &^ 
Type 
Number 
of 
Average no. Average no. k, peenting^ 
"peenting" birds birds heard per sq. mi. (av 
heard per stop heard per stop f 0.1257**) 
Population index 
(av. no. of birds per 
sq. mi. X total land area) 
of 
stops 
North 
South 
North 
South 
North 
South 
route 
North South 
1963 1964 
1963 1964 
1963 196^ 
1963 1964 
1953 wx 
1963 
1964 
Operational 
2 kj i 4 i 
1.20 1.08 
0.92 1.01 
9.55 8.59 
7.32 8.04 
174,736 157,171 
162.409 
178,383 
Random 
1,533 1,113 
0 . 4-1 0.51 
0.20 0 .l 4 
3.26 4.06 
1.59 1 -U 
59,648 74,286 
35,277 
24,628 
* North includes counties in northern 45 percent of Lower Peninsula (18,297 sq. mi.); South includes 
counties in southern 55 percent (22,l87 sq. mi.). 
** 0.1257 - area in square miles covered at each stop (pi r^, where r = 0.2 mi. ). 
