WOODCOCK SINGING GROUND COUNTS IN CENTRAL-EASTERN UNITED STATES, 195) 
P. F,. English 
Pennsylvania State University 
Personnel of the following agencies aided in the gathering of 
woodcock breeding ground data in 195): 
Board of Game and Fish Commissioners, Dover, Delaware. 
Game and Inland Fish Commission, Baltimore 2, Maryland. 
Wildlife Resources Commission, Raleigh, North Carolina. 
Department of Conservation and Economic Development, Trenton Ts 
New Jersey. 
Department of Natural Resources, Columbus, Ohio. 
-Pennsylvania Game Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Zoology, State 
College, Pennsylvania. 
Conservation Commission, Charleston, West Virginia. 
Depan nent of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, Kentucky. 
It is tis be noted here that Permsylvania initiated 13 new census 
routes in 195. These are in addition to those added in 1953 and which 
were run again in 195). Pennsylvania now appears to have very good 
coverage on breeding woodcock populations. 
Maryland ran two counts in 1953, but the Drum Point route was dis- 
continued as it is now a residential area, 
West Virginia established one new route and abandoned two old ones 
which seemed non=productive; one route missed in 1953 was resumed this 
year. | 
Ohio ran only seven counts in 1953. 
Kentucky ran new routes and found low populations. 
All data obtained in this region are presented in Table l. 
A comparison is made between total counts by states for 1953 and 
195) in Table 2, 
Table 1.--Woodcock Census Areas Maintained by Cooperators 
“Report for 1954 compared with 1953, unless otherwise indicated. 
No. Occupied 
Census Area County Singing ros 
Lan 7 | 1953 195k 
‘| Petersburg 























Golts flew Castile Burd ‘$.ieGinnes 
Md. Pocombe River #1 Worcester Geo,A.Jones 
N.C. New Hope Farm #1 Chatham D.J Hankla 
NeC. | Glen Alpine to Power 
Plant #2 Burke Ed.R.Smith,Jr. 
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