I was a student in Canberra in 1950 and "crows" were taking balls on the Red
Hill Golf Course then. (All corvids were "crows" to me at that stage.)
Trapping might be an alternative to shooting ... if someone can think of
what to do with the trapped offenders. (I recall that some decades ago,
CSIRO put out a leaflet, "The ABC of Crow-catching")
Or a fun alternative: attach about 10 m of nylon fishing line to a
golf-ball with the other end pegged down. Corvid takes off and just gets up
to speed when the line tightens and removes the ball from its beak with a
severe jerk. Ball then automatically 'sets' itself again for the next
unsuspecting corvid. (B-aus could take bets on how long it would take those
wily birds to learn to take only balls that have just stopped rolling!)
Cheers
Syd
> From: Charles Hunter <>
> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 20:49:27 +1000 (EST)
> To: Birding Aus <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Shooting Ravens on Sydney golf course
>
> The solution by the club (I was told) was to call the local council who
> promptly sent a shooter to "remove" the birds in question.
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