Thanks Inger, that's a very amusing tale. It reminded me of the ad on TV where
the ravens close the sliding door causing a bloke to walk into it. The Ravens
can then be seen laughing in the tree!
Both of the balls stolen/buried were completely white.
Regards,
Mark
> inger vandyke <> wrote:
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> Heya Mark,
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> I don't know but I do know that Ravens love golf balls. I once watched
> one from my office window grab a golf ball, fly up on to a neighbour's
> roof then experiment with it. It would take the ball up the roof, drop
> it and let it roll down to the gutter. Each time it took the ball a
> little higher and let it roll to see what the ball would do. The last
> time, the Raven took the ball to the highest pitch of the roof and let
> it roll. The ball hit the gutter, bounced off it, on to the neighbour's
> car, set off the car alarm and the next minute the neighbour came
> running out. They had a hard time believing my story but they did
> confess to hearing some strange noises on the roof before this happened.
> It was such an inquisitive bird, but then that's Ravens all over.
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> Maybe the Raven is caching the balls to secure them from rivals who
> might steal one?
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> Were they white? Or fluoro coloured? The abovementioned golf ball was
> fluoro orange. I have often wondered if colour has anything to do with
> it?
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> Any light that can be shed on this would be interesting.
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> Cheers,
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> Inger
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> Inger Vandyke
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> > Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 14:21:03 +1000
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Re: Raven's stealing golf balls.
> >
> > G'day everyone,
> >
> > On Saturday I observed a Raven, or 2 Ravens, burying golf balls in the
> sand. It was obvious that they has stolen them from the nearby golf
> course.
> > This happened twice and right in front of me. (I have picture is
> anyone is interested. Just let me know and I can email them to you ).
> >
> > Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why this Raven or Ravens would go
> to the trouble of removing golf balls from the golf course and then bury
> them in the sand on the beach?
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> > Regards,
> > Mark
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