refuge staff has banded an average of almost 400 woodcock 
each summer. These data are now being analyzed by Mr. Clark, 
Assistant Regional Refuge Supervisor Dale E. Sutherland, and 
personnel at the Migratory Bird Populations Station. 
Michigan Larry E. Gregg, graduate student of Michigan 
State University, recently completed the first of a 2-year 
Bureau-sponsored study to (1) determine the comparative value 
of several woodcock capture techniques, (2) develop methods 
of locating woodcock "openings" where birds can be caught, 
and (3) determine the feasibility of initiating a large-scale 
banding program in Michigan. Mr. Gregg's auspicious start is 
emphasized by his capture of 265 woodcock during the summer 
of 1965 in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. 
The Michigan Department of Conservation continued its 
emphasis on banding "local" woodcock in 1965 by capturing 
over 100 chicks and hens. Dr. G. A. Ammann has stimulated 
this program and is continually improving methods of captur¬ 
ing woodcock broods. 
West Virginia West Virginia's Department of Natural 
Resources started a banding program in 1965 and Game Biologist 
Robert C. Kletzly succeeded in capturing over 100 birds this 
past summer and fall. Among other objectives, this study will 
provide information on migrational homing--the frequency with 
which migrant woodcock use the same area each year. This has 
an important bearing on whether "local" populations or areas 
can be "shot-out." 
Louisiana During the winter of 1964-65, the Louisiana 
Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit conducted the most success¬ 
ful woodcock banding operation to date. From mid-December to 
mid-February, Unit Leader John D. Newsom and Louisiana State 
University wildlife management students banded over 2,500 
birds on their nocturnal feeding fields near Baton Rouge. 
OTHER WOODCOCK RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 
West Virginia initiates woodcock research program One 
of the most important developments in the North American wood 
cock program during 1965 was the initiation of a population 
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