Birds of A Feather

As you enjoy the flora and fauna that abound throughout our golf course, Joe Wisdorf has asked me to remind everyone that LCCC is home to one of the largest colonies of the North American Tufted Titmouse (aviaris pamelandersonus), better known to local bird aficionados as the Large Breasted Mattress Thrasher.

"These delicate creatures are at their most vulnerable during the summer months that coincide with their peak mating season," said Anita Mandalay, spokesperson for the Irving chapter of The National Audubon Society. "Thrashers can be aggressive if provoked, slighted or even slightly ignored, and are capable of inflicting serious financial damage in neighboring habitats such as Highland Park Village, The Dallas Galleria, and Park Place Motorcars."

LCCC is also home to the rare Silver Crested Range Bird (aviaris shanksalot), also known as Leadbetter's Wobbly Warbler. While seldom straying far from its native habitat (the driving range), Warblers scatter their distinctive, red-spotted eggs in a most indiscriminate manner, often in other birds' nests (as in the above photo from Hollander's Unofficial Field Guide to Birds), parking lots, tennis courts, ponds, yards, swimming pools and, on rare occasions, putting greens.

Please remember to use caution when encroaching on the native habitats of both of these fine feathered friends during your next round of golf. Thank you.