
returns have demonstrated that birds caught at the netting site have, 
at some time during the year, been trapped at distances of at least 
two miles away from the netting field. Woodcock habitat on Prescott 
is widespread, and apparently birds are drawn from a wide radius. 
The chances of catching repeats in a field of about 1/l) acres are 
therefore quite remote. During the past summer, only five repeats 
were taken out of 10) individual birds captured on the Peninsula. In 
the MDC netting area, the woodcock habitat is more restricted and con- 
siderably more concentrated. Out of 78 birds, 16 or 20 per cent were 
recaptured as repeats. Several caught in early July were recaptured 
in August. This percentage of repeats is as high as could be expected 
with the method of netting employed. It is rarely that more than a 
third of the birds observed in an evening are captured. 
Five returns were taken at Prescott which in addition to those 
reported in former years provide further evidence that the netted 
birds comprise a resident population. Table 2 portrays the history 
of each return. 
Table 2 
Returns Netted on Prescott Peninsula - Summer 1956 
Date & Location Method of Date Approximate 
Number Sex first captured — Capture Netted Distance 
aa NUTR Ee PIES coon Uae es ee Sa OEE ce EE a Se 
50-301755 ¢ ),/9/51-singing Singing ground 
site 050-1 trap 6/14/56 1.5 miles 
553-50160 ¢ 5/1/55-singing 
site 50-5h, i " w 67/11/56 3/4 mile 
553-5020h of 7/9/54-Prescott Net 7/10/56 oO 
553450286 & 9/20/5\4-Prescott Net 7/25/56 0 
553-50260% 2 7/16/55-mnc Net 7/2u/56 10 
% This bird was a juvenal caught at the MDC site in 1955 and 
apparently returned to breed on Prescott Peninsula 

Weights.--The July weights of juvenals and adults of both sexes show 
a broad overlap (Table 3). 
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