THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
THE BIRDS OF PINEHURST
Observed by George L. Fordyce
During the Advertisers
Tournament
While at Pinehurst, North Car
olina, last week, attending the
Tournament of the Winter Golf
League of Advertising Interests,
J was interested in learning some
thing of the bird life in that local
ity at this season of the year.
The conditions within the lim
its of Pinehurst are particularly
favorable for birds. The winding
drives and footpaths bordered
densely with trees and shrubbery
make the surroundings strikingly
attractive to people, as well as
the birds. The long-leaf pine is
everywhere about the village.
Holly with its red berries like we
have at Christmas time is abun
dant, and the winter jasmine
blooming among the shrubbery
gives a spring-like setting to the
entire landscape. '
Within seeing and hearing dis
tance of the hotel where I was
stopping, one could see and hear
a great many different kinds of
birds. The morning after my ar
rival, I was out of doors soon
after, daylight and the first bird
that I saw was a mockingbird,
and, while they were not singing
at this time of year, one could
easily identify them by their
chips and cries. The mocking
bird was fairly common every
where about the village.
A comparison of the bird life at
Finehurst . and the vicinity of
Youngstown may perhaps be of
local interest. under the following
classification :
Summer Residents.The birds
observed at Pinehurst that are
Summer residents or breeding
hirds with us in the Summer, time,
include bluebird, migrant shrike,
field sparrow, meadowlark, brown
thrasher, marsh hawk, robin,
towhee.
Spring Migrants. Species that
migrate through here in the
Springtime on their way to their
1 reeding home in the North, in
clude myrtle warbler, white
throated sparrow, yellow-bellied
sapsucker, hermit thrush, pipet,
Canada goose.
The only species listed that we
do not have in this vicinity were
the mockingbird and black vul
cher. The Carolina wren some ten
years ago was fairly well dis
tributed in this locality, as .the
Carolina wren is considered non-1
migratory. ' A severe Winter
some five or six years ago nearly
exterminated them and during
the year 1916 we failed to list a
Carolina wren in this locality. Of
course it is a southern species and
Youngstown being almost the
northern limit of its range, it was
not able to survive he severe
Winters of the past few years.
During the week I was in Pine
hurst I listed 36 different species
of "birds in that vicinity. I am
satisfied it .would be especially
interesting to be at Pinehurst
about the first of April, which
would probably be about the
height of the Spring migration
for that locality.
COMPLETE LIST OF BIRDS OBSERVED AT
PINEHURST, N. C, JAN. 20 27, 1917
Canada Goose
Bob-white
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Marsh Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sparrow Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Flicker
Prairie-horned Lark
Blue Jay
Crow
Meadowlark
Goldfinch
White-throated Sparrow
Field. Sparrow
Slate-colored Junco
Towhee
Cardinal
Migrant Shrike
Myrtle Warbler
Pipit
Mockingbird
Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Carolina Wren
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
Chickadee
Golden Crown Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Robin
Bluebird
Silver Foils Tournament Schedule
Season 1917
February 21 Flag Content.
February 28 Medal Play Han
dicap. March 7 Four-ball, Best Ball
Match.
March 16 Mixed Foursome. .
March 21-22 Club Champion
ship. Thirty-six holes medal
play. Championship for best
gross score. .Prizes for first,
second and third bestnetscores.
March 28 Medal Play Handi
cap for those who have not won
a prize. Prizes for first, sec
ond and third best net scores.
April 4 Choice Score. Best six
in each nine.
Putting Competitions will, be
held from time to time during
the season. " " '
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