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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1962
BIRDS FAR FROM EXTINCT. READERS SAY
Many Nigbthawks Seen In Area
On February 15, in a letter
to The Pilot, a Sandhills res
ident noted an absence of
nighthawks around the
writer's home last summer, as
contrasted) with preyious
years. Then, on Sunday, Fab-
ruary 25, in the Greensboro
Daily News, the editor of that
newspaper, H. W. Kendall,
citing the letter to The PUot,
wrote that nighthawks seem
to be disappearing in the
Greensboro area, also. Mr.
Kendall's comments were re
printed in a recent Pilot,
including information from a
Greensboro area bird lover
and outdoorsman, "Mr. Joe"
Stone with whom readers
wUl note that the ifoUowing
article takes issue in a paren
thetical comment. Miss Mary
Wintyen of Southern Pines,
who wrote the item to follow,
is a leading "birder" of the
Sandhills who tells The Pilot,
now and then, about her dis
coveries or observations.
recently asked that Pilot
readers report to her on eve
ning grosbeaks seen in this
area, with results that she
says were most gratifying.
Here is what Miss Wintyen
has to say about nighthawks:
By MISS MARY WINTYEN
Before giving my recorded ob
servations Of the nighthawk, I
would like to generalize on this
erratic wanderer on the wing.
The common nighthawk has a
number of names, almost all mis
nomers, but none so absiu-d as
■"bull-bat,” or from the order un
der which he is listed, “goat
sucker.” From the so-called jar
ring noise of wings and wind,
when he sweeps upward from one
of his high dives, he is called
“nightjap.” Then, because his diet
consists of, among other insects,
mosquitoes and moths—“mosqui
to hawk.”
The nighthawk has no song
“but the one bass note he pro-
mghlhawks Seen at West End
To the Editor:
Your article in March 1 issue of
The Pilot concerning nighthawks
was of interest. Just north of our
home is a large field of five-year-
old pines and over this area the
nighthawks feed during their sea
son each summer. I have observed
as many as a dozen or more at the
time on occasions.
A few years ago I lived in Rob
eson County, very near a large
dairy. There I observed these
birds in large numbers, concen
trated in the air above the dairy
barns. I assumed, without factual
knowledge, that the air above
the barps attracted large numbers
of insects, or that they bred in
the vicinity and filled the air.
Also nighthawks may be seen
oyer lakes where the space
open and the air attracts night
bugs. So, from my own observa
tion, the nighthawks may not be
as numerous as in former years,
but they are not extinct.
GEORGE F. HOUCK
West End
duces with his wings, when he
wheels up suddenly from an 80
foot or more dive, sounds like a
subdued boom, and proclaims
him the bass trumpet player of
Nature’s orchestra,” as one
writer puts it. One of his scien
tific names, Chordeiles is derived
from two Greek words: chorde,
meaning stringed instrument, and
deile, meaning evening. To me
this is the sum total of aU descrip
tions of his whirring flight.
Some think the nighthawk and
the whip-poor-will are identical,
but this is not true. Here, let me
add a note, that in the South, too
often the-whip-poor-will is mis
taken for the chuck-will’s widow.
There is a resemblance between
the three (nighthawk and whip-
poor-will and chuck-will’s wid
ow), and they do have some
things in common, such as perch
ing length-wise on limbs or fence
(sorry “Mr. Joe,” but that’s the
way it is) and catching flying in
sects at dusk, but actual compari
son reveals a number of differ
ences, both in size and coloration.
Wlple the whip-or chuck- sticks
to the woods and only, just before
nightfall, does he go “hawking,”
the nighthawk may be seen any
hour of the day, although they
are more active, or are supposed
to be, just before sunrise and
after sunset. The distinct and
most conspicuous marks of the
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PHONE SOUTHERN PINES ,
695-7653 or 695-6402
nighthawk are the white wing
bars seen from below, appearing
as a hole in each wing, through
which you might expect to see the
sky, as he wheels over your head,
calling forth, loud and clear, his
nasal “pee-ik,” “peent” or "‘spe-
eak.”
Nighthawks winter in South
America and arrive here some
time in April, then, the last of
September or October, off they
go again to their winter quarters,
Argentina or thereabouts, which
is another summer for them.
Nowhere in my records, and I
went back as far as 1958, do I find
any evidence that nighthawks are
becoming scarce, nor have I seen
any mention of their diminishing
in the State or National Audubon
magazines..
In 1959, my first sight was on
April 17, when one was flying
over my house. Then on through
May up to July, at which time I
left for the North, I would see
from three to four, maybe more,
some in the afternoons, others, in
the evening, here and there on
my field trips.
The record shows about the
same for 1960. On May 16, I saw
eight on my way to the airport.
The same number and pattern
holds true in 1961, but on May
28, a couple of other birders and
myself were at the airport in the
afternoon and counted at least 10
flying low over the ground in
front Of the loading apron at the
airport. I managed to get a good
picture of one, showing the broad
white patch across his wings as
he banked.
My belief is that, except where
men are tempted to use them for
targets, and in some parts dimin
ish their number, nighthawks are
not on the decrease.
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Hospital ‘Family’
Contributing to
Large Fund Drive
Moore Memorial Hospital’
“family”—the employees, the
medical staff, the board of di
rectors and the auxiliary—have
given the hospital’s current $450,-
000 building fund campaign their
stamp of approval by annotmcing
$80,965 in pledges, with indica
tions of much more to come.
Hospital employees, nearing the
close of their solicitation period,
announced $7,113.02 pledged
against their target of $10,000.
Pledges to date have come from
83% of the hospital’s 216 employ
ees who are aiming toward 100%
participation.
Members of the hospital’s medi
cal staff have pledged $52,352 so
far and the Auxiliary has an
nounced that its pre-campaign
pledge of $10,000 has been doub
led.
The board of directors, already
responsible for almost $200,000 in
pre-campaign pledges, has an
nounced that an additional $11,-
500 Has been pledged thus far by
its members to this phase of the
hospital’s building program.
Last week saw the hospi
tal’s campaign carried outside its
immediate “family” as the Pri
mary Gifts Division gets under
way throughout the hospital’s
service area. Following the Divi
sion’s “kickoff” meeting Wed
nesday, March 7, some 60 volun
teer salesmen are carrying the
story of the hospital’s need to
families in Moore County and the
surrounding areas which look to
Moore Memorial Hospital for
care.
The hospital’s $450,000 cam
paign is to raise the local portion
of a,$1,777,778 three-story wing.
The wing will provide 88 addi
tional beds, a new surgery, ex
panded X-ray department, and
enlarged Central Supply facilities,
in addition to necessary changes
within the existing hospital.
$350,000 already is on hand in
pre-campaign pledges to the
building fund. A grant of $977,-
773 is anticipated from the North
Carolina Medical Care Commis
sion. That leaves $450,000 to be
raised locally in pledges payable
over 24 months.
Business Directory
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CAROLINA MOTOR CLUB
JOHN TULLOCH
Membership Representative
Box 181 PineWtiffi N. C.
Phone BU 1-3265
RED'S £SSO
Southern Pines, N. C.
SERVICE
U.S. l-A South
Phone OX 5-9595
16 oz T-Bone Steak $2.25
Sirloin Steak $1.50
Fried Chicken 95c
Seafood — Hot Biscuits
CARTHAGE HOTEL
Phone WH 7-5311
SADDLERY
Leather Goods
BOZICK 8c COMPANY
210 S. W. Broad St.
Phone OX 2-6154
Ginger's Towel Shop
U. S. 1 South )
Phone WI 4-1208
Southern Pines, N. C.
raul
FLINCHUM'S TV SERVICE
Motorola
Radio — TV — Stereo
Phone WI 4-1259
Aberdeen. N. C.
JOHN ANDREWS AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING CO.
U.S. 1 South — Phone 695-3232
Southern Pines, N. C.
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
ABERDEEN ELECTRIC SHOP
FREE ESTIMATES
Phone WI 4-1370 Aberdeen. N. C.
FINE FURNITURE
Interior Decorator
Service
COLONIAL FURNITURE CO.
290 S. W. Broad St. ..OX 2-6895
Southern Pines, N. C.
LOCKERMAN
DISPENSING
OPTICIAN
MCDONALD'S & BILL'S
TAXI SERVICE
CALL
692-7152 or OX 2-3831
117 West Pennsylvania Ave.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C.
OFFICE SUPPLIES
AUSTIN BUSINESS
MACHINE CO.
Phone OX 2-8743
127 W. Penn. Ave.
Open Bowling
At All Times
THE OK BOWL
Phone OX 5-3681
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Ml MSI* Phone CY 4-4122 Pinehurst, N. C.
AIR & STEAMER TICKETS ,
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SCOTT INSURANCE AGENCY
SCOTT REALTY COMPANY
Insurance and Service
OX 5-7411
118 N. W. Broad St. Southrn Pines
MILL OUTLET STORE
Dress Materials and Accessories
Draperies and Upholstery
650 S. W. Broad St.
Southern Pines Pharmacy
N. W. Broad Ph. OX 5-5321
Prescription Specialists
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REALTY-BUILDERS
PHONE WI 4-2380
CLARENDON FARMS DAIRY.
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Distributors
< Long Meadow Milk
1 OX 5-5602
AMBULANCE SERVICE
POWELL FUNERAL HOME
Phone OX 2-6161
Southern Pines, N. C.
^ McLEAN'S STYLE SHOP
If It's Fashion News — It's Herel
Aberdeen, N. C.
Windsor 4-1181—103 South St.
Southern Pines Warehouses
Quality Building Sujpplies
Our 33rd Year Phone OX 2-7131
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11 A. M. — 11 P. M. DaUy
US 1 between So. Pines & Aberdeen
goldsmith
Construction And Forestry
Service
Phone OX 5-7391
Southern Pines, N. C.
FIELDS PLUMBING & HEATING
Plumbing - Heating - Air Conditioning
Ph. CY 4-5952 Pinehurst. N. C.
COLLINS DEPT. STORE
Official Boy & Cub Scout
Equipment
Ph. WI 4-1213 Aberdeen. N. C.
Bigelow Carpeting
HALLUM FURNITURE CO.
Aberdeen - Rockingham
CLARK & BRADSHAW
Auto Service
N. W. Broad St Ph. OX 2-7171
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McAllister & hobbs
Food Market - Fine Foods
N. E. Broad St Ph. OX 5-7671
Shaw Paint 8e Wallpaper Co.
N. E. Broad St Ph. OX 2-7601
TATES HDW. & ELEC. CO-
N. W. Broad St
SOUTHERN PINES
COUNTRY CLUB
Opoa Yaar Round
Sou. Pines Recapping Co.
Ph. OX 5-6273 S. W. Broad St Ext
Southern Pines, M. C.