What sort of wildlife do you have on your local course. We have Wallabies, several hundred Whistling Ducks,Black Cockatoos & various other species of Birds. Apparantly the latest addition due to the recent floods is a 2m croc in one of the water hazards. Could give a whole new definition to a Water HAZARD. Be intresting to know what other golfers have to put up with.

birds n bees n roos

Bloody Fly’s !!!

We all put up with them.

An assorted array of frill necked lizards, red belly black snakes, pelicans, ducks & a ridiculous number of corella’s & don’t they make a mess of the course.

And flys.

And the biggest carp to ever draw breath.

What course was the croc on? My wife told me it was on the news but i missed it.

LOL…..judging by some of the claims in the “how long can you drive” thread there must be an abundance of flying pigs on some courses:)

Not many animals, too cold for kangaroos, just a wallaby or two. Occasional koala and echidna. Hardly any snakes.

Birds
Corellas and Sulphur-crested Cockatoos: by the thousands, could shoot the lot of them, they can dig and totally ruin a green overnight.
Magpies: love ‘em because they eat grubs and pests, they don’t seem to care about golfers and you can walk a few feet from them.
Yellow-tailed black cockatoos: Very graceful, love their raspy call.
Wood ducks: Funny to watch, but they crap all over the greens
Swans: For the first time this year we had a pair of black swans nest on our irrigation lake and produce three cygnets that are still growing.

Some trout and redfin in the lake.

If you want lots of native wildlife, don’t fill your course up with pine and fir trees.

We got crows… lotsa crows… They just sit there near the greens the bastards… Waiting for your ball. They are the only reason I can’t play the Vision UV.. Also got ducks, swans and maggies.

not my home course but when i was playing the lost city golf course at sun city in sth africa i came across babboons, meerkats, large crocs and a large cobra!! Very unique.

An assorted array of frill necked lizards, red belly black snakes, pelicans, ducks & a ridiculous number of corella’s & don’t they make a mess of the course.

And flys.

What is it with those Little Corellas digging their holes in the course. What are they after? Must be roots or bulbs in the top soil.

I once saw two echidna’s waddling away from each other in the middle of our 5th fairway. I’m sure he was lighting up a ciggie …..

I teed off the 1st at Karratha (NW WA) and sighted my ball down the fairway near a long shaddow of a tree, when I was about 50 away the “shaddow” decided to slither away into the rough. A good 2m+ king brown.

Lost a few balls that day because there was NO WAY I was grass stomping with a king brown for the sake of a stinking $1 ball…

What course was the croc on? My wife told me it was on the news but i missed it.

Was on the Willows Golf course in Townsville. Word is the E.P.A. have had a look at it & are happy to leave it where it is.

What course was the croc on? My wife told me it was on the news but i missed it.

Was on the Willows Golf course in Townsville. Word is the E.P.A. have had a look at it & are happy to leave it where it is.

Bet people are happy to leave their balls in the submersed.

the occasional hoons

Tiger Snakes, Cockies, Kookaburras, Magpies, Falcons, Blue tongue lizards, rabbits, the odd Kanga….

And of course, flies, heaps of them…..

When I was in Banff the most reliable place to get some photo’s of Elk was the local track, wouldn’t want to get to close in mating season though.

Turtles, snakes (lots of them)..bees…..mosquitos Rabbitts and slow walking things hunched over a stick thing – thats us humans :)

Deer, ducks, geese, sea gulls, crows, owls, hawks, eagles, fox, turtles, dogs, rabbits, gophers, racoons, skunk or two, seen a badger once, seen a moose once, other assorted land critters and birds and many, many, many bugs.