GOLF CLUBS AS BIRD SANCTUARIES 



SOME GOLF COURSE BIRDS 



A DECEIVER ON THE GREEN 



Photos by A. A. Allen 



The Killdeer is a striking bird either when trotting around on the 

 green or speeding past on erratic wings calling Kill-dee at the top of its voice. 

 It often nests on the bunkers or in the rough where there is little vegetation and 

 when one approaches too closely, trails along on the ground as though hope- 

 lessly crippled (see inset) . It is a very useful bird, feeding altogether on insects. 



A BIRD WITH A PAST 



Photos by A. A. Allen 



The Cowbird is a "social parasite" and, like the European Cuckoo, 

 lays its eggs in other birds' nests and lets the foster parent raise its young. This 

 young one is being raised by a Chipping Sparrow, another familiar bird on Golf 

 Courses. The male Cowbird is black with a brown head, — the female dark gray. 



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