
WOODCOCK SINGING GROUND COUNTS FOR THE MIDDLE EASTERN STATES, 1955 
P. F. English 
Pennsylvania State University 
The following agencies and some of their personnel aided in the 
gathering of these data for 1955: 
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, 
New Jersey 
Department of Natural Resources, Columbus, Ohio 
Pennsylvania Game Commission, Harrisburzs, Pennsylvania 
Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Yoology, and Pennsylvania 
Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University Park, Pennsylvania 
West Virginia Conservation Commission, Charleston, West Virginia 
Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, Kentucky 

Table 1.--Woodcock singin ound counts for 1953, 195 and 1955 
No. occupied 
State Census area County | singing grounds Observers 
1953) 1954, {1955 - 1955 
Del. | Petersburg Kent e8.Chamberlain 
Del. | Golts New Castle | 8 6 5 {Burd McGinnes 
Md. | Focombe River #1 Worcester 8 h * 
N.Ce | New Hope Farm #1 Chatham 10 3 7 jDonald J. Hankla 
N.c. | Glen alpine #2 Burke 1/0 1 {E.2.Smith, Jr. 
N.c. | Southern R.R. Tr. &. #3 | Burke 2 2 |1 (|E.R.Smith, Jr. 
NeG. | Southern R.R. Tre We. #3a| Burke - = 1## |E.R.Smith, Jr. 
N.c. | Highway 70 #h Burke 1 0 ) ~R.Smith, Jr. 
N.C. | Old N. Main St. #5 Henderson | 5 | 3 | 5 (Rex L. Bird 
N.c. | Tracy Grove Road #6 Henderson 2 3 h jRex L. Bird 
NeC. | Conoho Farm #7 Martin - = 834t IW. Ae Goodson 
N.C. | Cane Creek #6 Alamance - o let |Chas. E. Hill 
N.Je | Archer Creek #1 Ocean 2 2 2 |P. D. McLain 
NJ. .| Tuckahoe #2 Atlantic 7 6. |7 {Fred Ferrigno 
NJ. | Walpack #3 Sussex 6 5 3 IR. Ae Spinks 
NeJe | Haleyville P.S.Gds. #h Cumberland | 5 | | 3 . Ge Bevan 
Pa. | Barrens #1 Centre 2 3 6 |P.F.&.MeEnglish 
Pa. | Stone Valley #2 | Huntingdon | 8 |11 /14 _ |P.F.&E.M.English,Ward | 
& Louise Sharp 
Pa. | Bald Eagle #3 Centre and 
| , Blair 8 9 9 (Wilmer C. Richter 
Pa. | Port Matilda #4 Centre — 7 {|lk (13. (Steve Liscinsky 
Pa. | Martha Furnace #5 Centre 8 8 ll IR. G. Wingard 
Pas | Julian #6 Centre 5 5 3 IR. Wilson 
Pa. | Unionville #7 Centre 7 6 3  lReve Miller 
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