
Table 1.--Woodcock singing ground counts for 1953, 195k, and 1955--Con. 
No. occupied : 
County singing grounds} Observers 
_ 1953/1954 1955 1955 
on R. McElroy 
Route 229, #10 Delaware M.L., M.D. and 




























M.C.Gilfillan 
Chio |Mentor #11 Lake Je A. Hague 
Ky. |Sand Road #1 Bath Storner 
Ky. |Sloans Crossing #2 Edmonson Dan M. Russel 
Ky. ' |Millers Val.. Road #3 Todd WL. Gault 
Ky. |Bennettstown Rd. #h Christian Jerry Wunz 
Ky. |Ord Comp. Gate #5 Hardin Bruna - 
Jack Rensel 
Highway 213, #6 Montgomery T,.AeMcGowan 

- No previous record 
* No report for 1955 
#* First run in 1955, new routes 
st Will be discontinued, not suitable habitat. 
In Table 2 which follows we have tried to show in tabular form what the 
status is for the States concerned by comparing counts on the same routes 
for both years 195) and 1955. New Routes are not counted this year but will 
be in next year's summarization for Table 2. 
Table 2.--4 comparison of woodcock counts for 195 and 1955 
State 1954 count 1955 count Change 
Delaware ll 9 -2 
North Carolina 11 18 47 
New Jersey 17 15 -2 
Ohio 17 73 -h 
Pennsylvania 15h 132 “22 
West Virginia ra 31 -10 
Kentucky | 9 7 -2 

The large number of routes being rum in Pennsylvania are possible as 
Steve A, Liscinsky of the Wildlife Research Division of the Pennsylvania 
Game Commission is working on a Woodcock Management Project and ae trained a 
number of persons to assist in making the counts. 
From the data in Table 2 it can be seen that with the exception of 
North Carolina, where more birds were recorded than last year, all the other 
States reported fewer birds in 1955 than in 195. 
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