Table 1.--Number of breeding male woodcock heard on comparable singing-ground routes 
in 1964 and 1965 
Total number 
Adjusted 
total 
Number 
Hi 
of 
number 
of 
of woodcock 
Percent change 
comparable 
woodcock 
heard 
heard 
per route 
woodcock heard ] 
State or Province 
routes 
1964 
1965 
1964 
1965 
route from 196- 
EASTERN REGION 
Connecticut 
13 
47 
46 
3.62 
3.54 
Delaware 
1 
6 
7 
6.00 
7.00 
Maine 
34 
361 
326 
10.62 
9.59 
Maryland 
3 
5 
10 
1.67 
3.33 
Massachusetts 
8 
61 
77 
7.63 
9.63 
New Brunswick 
4 
38 
46 
9.50 
11.50 
New Hampshire 
11 
64 
70 
5.82 
6.36 
New Jersey 
2 
11 
11 
5.50 
5.50 
New York 
28 
180 
174 
6.43 
6.21 
North Carolina 
8 
12 
14 
1.50 
1.75 
Nova Scotia 
11 
92 
82 
8.36 
7.45 
Pennsylvania 
21 
187 
171 
8.90 
8.14 
Prince Edward Island 
2 
15 
12 
7.50 
6.00 
Vermont 
5 
50 
41 
10.00 
8.20 
m 
REGIONAL TOTALS AND 
WEIGHTED AVERAGES* 
151 
1,129 1 
,087 
6.94* 
6.91* 
- 0.4%* 
fl 
WESTERN REGION 
= =a 
Illinois 
4 
10 
13 
2.50 
3.25 
Indiana 
6 
74 
73 
12.33 
12.17 
Iowa 
9 
16 
14 
1.78 
1.56 
Kentucky 
9 
4 
9 
0.44 
1.00 
Michigan 
61 
675 
619 
11.07 
10.15 
Minnesota 
11 
88 
76 
8.00 
6.91 
Ohio 
8 
85 
67 
10.63 
8.38 
Ontario 
2 
13 
10 
6.50 
5.00 
West Virginia 
10 
41 
46 
4.10 
4.60 
Wisconsin 
13 
71 
73 
5.46 
5.62 
4 
REGIONAL TOTALS AND 
WEIGHTED AVERAGES* 
133 
1,077 1 
,000 
6.73* 
5.98* 
-11.1% 
NORTH AMERICAN TOTALS 
AND 
WEIGHTED AVERAGES* 
284 
2,206 2 
,087 
6.82* 
6.38* 
- 6.5% 
—4 
* Weighted by the percent of total uncultivated land area within each State or 
Province 
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