Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1927, Page 24

PLANS BIRD CENSUS ON BROAD SEALE Dr. H. C. Oberholser to Make! Count of Waterfowl in 18 States. 10 ver cent margin of upon the completion of the first b nsus of the United States ever aken, which starts this month. Dr. Oberholser left Washington this week to make the concluding ar- rangements for this census in 15 Western Stotes. The birds literally will be counted rather than estimated. At least 1,000 census takers wili be engaged, and these will be stationed at key points in the concentration areas of waterfowl. = Notable among these are the Chesapeake Bay region, Tong Island, the New England Coast, the South Atlantic coast, the Gulf recion, the Great Lakes and consid- erable areas of the Pacific Coast, The work is expected to continue until next January. Concentration Areas Defined The concentration areas for geese, ducks and other waterfowl already are known and defined. The Biologi- cal Survey has prepared maps show- ing this distribution graphically. At least four-fiftis of the North Amer- ican waterfowl wintar in these areas and at the two great migrating sta- tions in Ttah and Illinois. Henee the work confronting the bird counters is not so great as that of human takers, because the area to be covered is not so great. There may, for instance, be a few birds in West Virginia, but they are so few that it is not worth while attempting a count. ‘There are some concentration areas in Mexico. and_the Biological Survey hopes to send an_observer there this Winter. Eventually a census may be taken of the breeding areas of the North, but this would be a much mo: difficuit undertaking. For the pr ent the Biological Survey will be sat- | isfied if it can cover thoroughly the | oconcentration and migration areas. Oberholser is an Export Counter. | Dr. Oberholser is an expert bird | census taker. On a single day along the Potomac he has counted 140,000 waterfowl, mostly canvasback ducks. In making estimates of flocks of waterfowl the usual procedure is to count those in a certain defined area and then, using this as a unit of measure, to estimate the remainder of the flock. For this purpose units of 100 or 1,000 are convenient. Such counts can be made either when the birds are resting or on the wing. In the former case it is always possible to check the estimate by determining the number of square vards covered by the flock and then determining the average number of birds to the square vard. “With a little experience,” Dr. Oherholser says, “a counter reaches a high degree of accuracy Where birds cover a large area it is sometimes better, he says, to count the number in a considerable portion of it and from this to approximate the number in the total area. In large mixed flocks containing several species of ducks it is impossible to count the numbers of each species, but the proportion of the entire flock made up by each may be carefully estimated. Each Flock Recorded Separately. In making counts or estimates each flock is recorded separately, as ob- served, and nothing is left to the memory. This is done because it is difficult to carry in the mind, for any length of time, the exact numbers in the successive flocks. Observers must also be careful not to count the same birds twice. The observers also have been instructed to note whether the birds counted are migrants or live in the locality where observed. Instructions have been given to each observer to select the best area in his vicinity. It should be extensive enough to include a large majority of the waterfowl in the locality. For practical purposes, however, it should not be too large to be covered in a single day. Exactly the same area should be covered every day of the ! census. | The count will be taken each month for the entire country. The Biological Survey will supply the chosen dates some time in advance, in order that| the observers can make the necessary | arrangements to get away from their usual work. When this schedule is broken up by storms another date will be fixed within a few days. Observers Placed at Key Points. Observers are being selected at key points in the waterfowl country. At least 11 agencies of the Government | will be used to provide workers. These include the National Park Service, the Lighthouse Service, the Coast Guard, the Bureau of Fisheries, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Bducation, the Forest Service, the Weather Bureau and the Extension | Service of the Department of Agricul- | ture. Sportsmen’'s organizations also have pledged their co-operation, as Tave conservation societies, State game wardens and ornithologists. The result of the census may have | an important bearing on legislation. | So far, there has been no accurate information available as to the number of waterfowl in a given area. Accur- ato information, year by year, will enable the Biological Survey to deter- mine whether certain species are in- creasing or decreasing. In case of an increase game laws will be lightened, while if the bir THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. Neighborhood Quarrel Declared Basis Of $45.000 Damage Claim Filed in Court are found to be decreasing there will be a more severe application. The counts, it Is expected, will throw much light on the causes of local fluctuations, which often have puzzled biologists. Much light also is expected on the annual migrations of birds Information on the routes followed by their flocks on thelr way South wiil be obtained. 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