State 
Alabama 
Arizona ~ 
Arkansas 
California | 
Florida 
Georgia 
Kentucky 
Louisiana 
Mississippi 
New Mexico 
North Carolina 
South Carolina 
Tennessee 
Texas 
West Virginia 
Total 
la earns a report of 1,000 birds in 
number 4x60 agai tio 
areas 
ly 
2 
10 
15 
8 
1 
17 
w F&F F&F wh NSN 
20 
0 
ill 
Table 17.--Winter snipe count--2-year comparison based on total time afield 
Areas covered both years 
Hours. i 
Number of Number of 
985 
3 
328 
ly2 
275 
h 
2 
snipe 
1952 1953 
430 
) 
127 
320 
172 
170 
2 
3823 3376 
2529 
20 
35 
257 
0 
390 
Tat 
57 
17 
181 
k 
83 
afield 
1952 1953 
73h35m 55h58m 
ShlOm 6h 
66h02m 66hLun 
80b19m 91h50m 
33h50m 36h35m 
8h bh 
9h30m 2h30m 
120h16m 99h37m 
50hkS5m 22h35m 
- 23n5Sm 23h10m 
36h30m 25h 
26h30m 19h27m 
59h 8=s«OSTh 
86n50m 107h 
Areas covered one wear only . ae 
Nunber of umber of urs nipe per 
nipe per 
hour areas 
1952 1953 1952 
13h 77 3 
0.6 0.0 0 
5.0 1.9 3 
1.6 3.5 18 
8.1 4.7 3 
0.5 21.2 0 
0.2 0.8 O 
31.6 33.9 k 
49.9 1.8 6 
0.8 2.5 7 
1.0 0.7 — 
97 93 4b 
0.0 02 #0 
4.5 0.8 12 
0 
8.1 60 
8793 980 689h1 2m 620h56m 12.8 
hours by one observer. 
15hiOm 16h40m 0.6 0.0 
29h25m 0.5 
16h30m — 1.8 
1098% 1hyhiOm 25h30m 1.3 13.0% 
snipe 
+1953 1952 1953 
oe a 
ok 14 
0 30 
3 190 
3 3 106 
kh 6 
9 2k 
ho osm él 
2 125 10 
5 0 2 
| Oat 1 
1 We 4 
3 0 
6 9 oT 
1 26 
12h 
19h 
L,.8n25m 
27h30m 0.3 39 
0.3 
0.5 
Dlhikm 13h2hm 26.8 47.9 
50h15m~ 9hlOm 
41n30m 62h15m 
6h 
19h25m 8h 
9h15m- 
.5hn20m 36n05m 
9h15m 
2.5 
0.0 
220 
9 - 1065 2067 366hOkm 319h59m 2.8 
tefge** covered by State Wildlife Resources Committee; . 381 eatpe recorded, but no record of 
1.0 
Ou 
0.2 
2h 
2.1 
0.0 
2.7 
2.8 
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