Prince Edward Island 
Weather conditions were reported as favorable for woodcock nest- 
ing. The number of singing male birds on the four study areas was 1 
as compared with 4 in 1950 and a long-term average of 4.8. 
New Brunswick 
Weather conditions in New Brunswick were favorable for woodcock 
nesting and the numbers of male birds appear to have recovered well 
from the 1950 reduction, since the 1951 total for the eight areas 
studied was 143 male birds in contrast to 105 for the same areas in 
1950. The several-year average for the areas was 13.1. 
The following table provides data on numbers of singing male wood- 
cock recorded on check areas in five Provinces. For four Provinces, 
data from previous years are available for comparison. 
Sunnery 
The numbers of singing male woodcock in Ontario and New Brunswick 
have shown increases of about 12 and 1) percent, respectively, as com- 
pared with 1950 conditions, and have returned to conditions represented 
by averages covering 2 to ll years. 
In Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, numbers of singing male 
woodcock are little changed from 1950 and are still about 11 percent 
below the long-term averages for the areas reported upon. 
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