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FOR THE BIRD LOVER
Permanent Residents and Transients
Constltnte Feathered Colony.
Over ntiy Different Itind May le
Counted Upon Opportunities
for Observation Favorable.
INEHUHST certainly
ofl'ers great attractions to
the bird-lover. Not only
are there the winter resi
dents which may be found
at all times, but early in
the season, one sees many on their way
Southward and from February on, others
pause in their Northern migration.
The sum total is quite large including
the possibility of seeing nearly a hun
dred different kinds of which over half
may be definitely counted upon, many of
them quite rare.
The Village ofl'ers most favorable op
portunities for observation with its
wealth of hedge rows and shrubs, in
which the birds congregate to feed.
A great number are found around the
"branches", and the little stream near
the stable, is a favorite assembling place.
A few prefer the nursery and golf links,
others, like the nuihatch, live in the Pine
Grove and some confiding species, in the
heart of the Village itself.
In a general way every one is familiar
with the vernal and autumnal migration
of the birds, but all may not realize that
in some mysterious manner, the birds
keep a calendar which brings them north
and south each year at fixed dates.
Bradford Tony tells a remarkable
story of a man who saw a Wilson's black
cap appear three seasons on the same day
of the month, at the same hour of the day
and on the same bush in his garden.
If some of us gave our whole time to
bird study we might relate tales as marvel
ous, for even less careful observation will
show, if the records are kept, that certain
birds, always appear within a day or two
of the same dates every year.
Not only do the birds move on fixed
dates, but they have fixed air roads of
travel from which they seldom deviate.
Pinehurst occupying the middle section,
seems to get birds both of the coast and
of the mountain routes.
I have seen some birds only in the fall,
others only in the spring ; whether they
pursue a different course on the return
journey, I cannot say. It may be the
"round trip'' is not unknown in birddom.
A number of species abundant in the
fall, suddenly disappear so completely as
to give the impression that they have
gone further South. This is not the case,
however, for they reappear at intervals
during the winter for no apparent reason
and vanish again as completely as at first.
This is especially noticeable of the robins
and cedar birds who go through the form
of assembling for a long journey, cause
one a sigh of regret as they take flight,
and then, a fortnight or so later, are found
perched on the trees as though they had
never left them.
. It is apparent that the birds seen here
may be classified as follows :
T
I Permanent residents.
II Winter residents.
III Transient or summer residents.
Regarding the third class I cannot
speak with certainty as to which species
nest here. The range of some birds is
very wide, the little Maryland yellow
throat, for instance, nesting here and also
in Northern Maine.
PERMANENT RESIDENTS
Mocking bird
Blue jay
Red headed woodpecker '
Red cockaded woodpecker
Loggerhead shrike
Sparrow hawk
Flicker
Cardinal
Carolina Chickadee
Brown-headed nuthatch
Carolina wren
Tufted tltmouso
WINTER RESIDENTS
Blue bird
Myrtle warbler
Field Sparrow
Junco
Meadow lark
Brown thrasher
Chewink or lowhee
Peabody bird
Robin
Whitebreasted nuthatch
Song sparrow
Fox sparrow
Cedar bird
Hermit thrush
Pine warbler
Cat bird
Sapsucker
Mourning dove
TRANSIENT OR SUMMER RESIDENTS
Killdeer plover
Water thrush
Goldfinch
Red breasted nuthatch
Chipping sparrow
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Maryland yellow throat
Brown creeper
Purple finch
White eyed vireo
Red-eyed vireo
Yellow throated vireo
Chimney swift
Bobolink
Parula warbler
Yellow-breasted chat
Great crested flycatcher
King bird
Yellow warbler
Black throated blue warbler
Black poll warbler
Wood pewee
American bittern
Elizabeth Olney.
miss Walker Return.
Miss Laura Agnes Walker, Manicur
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