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Table 3.--Results of Counts Made on Randomly Selected Woodcock Routes in Lower Michigan in 1963 
Average Number of Birds Heard Per Stop 

Total Number Percentage of "Peents" and 
Stop of Stops Stops Covered "Peents" "Flight Songs" Combined 
Classification North* South North South North south North South 
Good i a 18 60 50 0.99 0.89 1.19 Esl 
Satisfactory 596 197 eee 58 0.49 0.47 0.61 0.53 
Poor 757 640 21 23 0.30 0.13 0.42 0.19 
Unsatisfactor 65 258 31 18 6.05 0.06 0.10 O15 
Totals and Weighted 
Averages** 14933 aL LS 38 29 0.42 0.19 0.54 0.26 
Table 4.--Comparison of Counts Made on Operational and Randomly Selected Woodcock Routes in 
Lower Michigan in 1963 

Total Average Number of "Peenting" Population Index 
Type Number Land Area Birds Heard per Sq. Mi. (Avg. no. of birds per sq. mi. 
of of (sq. mi.) (Ave. no. per stop + 0.1257#**) X total land area) 
Route Stops North South North South North South 
Operational oo 18 ,297 22,187 9.55 7.32 174,736 162 , 409 
Random 2,66 18,297 22,187 3.34 Tica 61,112 33,502 
* North includes counties in northern 45 percent of Lower Peninsula; South includes counties in southern 
55 percent. 
** Weighted averages based on total number of stops 
#k* 0.1257 = area covered at each stop (pi r, where r = 0.2) 
