Fall migration of woodcock at Cape May, New Jersey
Journal of Wildlife Management
By: W.B. Krohn, J.C. Fieffenberger, and Fred Ferrigno
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Abstract
From 1968 to 1973, 2,337 American woodcock (Philohela minor) were banded during late fall on the Cape May Peninsula of southern New Jersey. Direct recovery rates averaged 3.6 percent for hatching-year birds and 1.7 percent for adults. Distribution of recoveries indicated that Cape May migrants wintered on the coastal plain of Virginia and North Carolina. Indirect recoveries showed that Peninsula woodcock originated from as far north as New England and eastern Canada. The percentage of woodcock seen which were caught by night-lighting averaged 2.5 times greater from a truck than on foot. Age-sex structure of ban dings was similar each year with the overall composition as follows: immaturemales, 57 percent; immature females, 28 percent; adult males, 10 percent; and adult females, 5 percent. Compared to the continental population, there was an unusually high proportion of immature woodcock at Cape May during late fall.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Fall migration of woodcock at Cape May, New Jersey |
| Series title | Journal of Wildlife Management |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1977 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 104-111 |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Journal of Wildlife Management |
| First page | 104 |
| Last page | 111 |
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