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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Quilchena Wildlife

A Turf Care crew member discovered a juvenile Great Horned Owl on #3 today.  It appeared to be injured so O.W.L. (http://www.owlcanada.ca/) was contacted and they arrived shortly after to pick it up and take it back to their centre for rehabilitation.  We will be contacting them regularly for progress updates and if all goes well we hope it will be released back on the golf course.


 
Other wildlife was making noise at Quilchena this week.  That’s right our resident swan was up to her old tricks of ensuring that our new Head Horticulturist, Jacqui, is aware of her gardening preferences.  Our swan made it clear that she was not happy about where Jacqui chose to plant some daffodils around the putting green.  As you can see below, we witnessed her plucking the daffodils and piling them off to the side one at a time right after they were planted.  Jacqui now knows to check with the swan before any final plant material decisions are made.


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