EVERY GOLF COURSE A BIRD SANCTUARY 



SOME GOLF COURSE BIRDS 



Photo by A. A. Allen 

 HURRY BACK TO NUMBER 6 GREEN, MOTHER, WE ARE STILL HUNGRY 



There is no more friendly and familiar bird about the Club-house or the 

 green than the Robin. His cherry-eating proclivities may make him unpopular 

 with fruit-growers, but his capacity for earth-worms, white grubs, cutworms 

 and other enemies of the turf commend him to all golf players. In the evening 

 after the turf has been sprinkled and in the morning while the dew is still on 

 the grass and the "night crawlers" are at work making the "castings" that are 

 the bane of accurate putting, the Robins flock to the green. The capacity of a 

 young Robin at the time of leaving the nest is remarkable. One bird, fed all 

 that it would eat, consumed 14 feet of earth-worms in a single day. 



Robins nest indiscriminately in trees, shrubbery, or on shelves about the 

 Club-house or other buildings. The planting of fruit-bearing trees will greatly 

 augment their numbers and incidentally will confer a blessing on neighboring 

 fruit-growers. 



Robins are expert plasterers and require soft mud in building their nests. 

 If there is no water hazard or other source of mud-supply on the Golf Course, 

 a bucket of water spilled on bare ground in a shady place will provide the 

 necessary building material. 



Page 9 



