TABLE 6 
County Coverage within the Four AREAS 
Possible No. No. Counties No. Ave. NOW Pere 
AREA of Counties Participating P.H.* per County* 
1 Zo 16 (70%) 302 TS. 
2 28 ZL Oe) 556 26.3 
3 27 23 (85%) 912 395/ 
4 24, 21 (88%) 1537 LS to 
Total 102 OletC7 92) 3307 40.8 
* P.H. = Party Hours 
There were few complaints about the count this year. It is unfor- 
tunate that the records of two participating counties could not be included; 
in the future, such situations will hopefuly be remedied in advance of the 
count. Many compilers reported that migrants seen earlier in the count 
week could not be found on count day; however, it was still an excellent 
day. It appears that some persons on the count are spending more time 
looking at other things than birds; although it is desirable and useful to 
know many things about all of nature, we hope that observers will be 
most concerned with the birds on this one day. Because of leap-year, 
next year the count will be held on Saturday, 8 MAY 1976. We hope 
everyone will set that day aside to help on the count. 
Finally, I want to thank everyone for their participation on this 
year’s count; we look forward to your future assistance. Without your 
continued support, such studies of statewide bird populations could not 
be possible. Again, special thanks to the county compilers and to Dorothy 
Bass and Sylvia Hackman for typing most of this Report. A complete 
copy of the FOURTH STATEWIDE SPRING BIRD COUN Tas 
available from the author on request. 
TABLE 8 
Table of Comparisons of the first four Statewide Counts 
Number of: L972 1973 1974 19755 
Species 256 252 241 248 
Individual Birds 217,065+ 245,266+. 324,213+ 310,872+ 
Participating Counties 62 73 77 81+ 
Observers 650+ 852 1046 987+ 
Party Hours 1700+ 2227+ 2841+ 3307+ 
Party Miles Walked 767+. 1232+ 1474+ 1737+ 
Party Miles Driven ; 10,252+ 11,883+ 12,748 9 1307eee 
Species in 90% or more Counties 30 23 33 36 
Counties with 100 or more species 29 28 aL 42 
Counties with 20 or more observers 10 L5 19 17 
* Includes only those counties recorded in TABLE 7. 
