Every year, during spring, something bizarre happens at the Tower Ranch Golf and Country Club.
Ravens come, take abandoned golf balls and drop them all over the course 91裸聊视频 as well as areas outside of it.
That91裸聊视频檚 how Kelowna resident Jude Bowman was able to collect about 175 golf balls, by picking up the balls ravens dropped.
She said it91裸聊视频檚 like an Easter egg hunt for golfers and walkers like her.
91裸聊视频淵ou see the ravens flying around with the golf balls in their beaks and they just drop them helter-skelter,91裸聊视频 she said.
91裸聊视频淚 walk a lot every day and I collect the golf balls along my way.91裸聊视频
Bowman added her neighbours also collect golf balls during their walks.
91裸聊视频淲e collect the balls and keep them. When you play golf, you lose a lot of them,91裸聊视频 Bowman explained.
Tower Ranch91裸聊视频檚 general manager James Cronk said they don91裸聊视频檛 know why it happens, just that it happens every spring.
91裸聊视频淲e think it91裸聊视频檚 because the golf balls look shiny in the grass, and they get attracted by that so they pick them up,91裸聊视频 he said. 91裸聊视频淥r, it might be that they look like eggs so they want to take it with them.91裸聊视频
He added that fortunately, they haven91裸聊视频檛 received reports of people being injured when the ravens drop the balls. Black Press Media reached out to several other golf courses in Kelowna, but they don91裸聊视频檛 have the same issue.
As for Bowman, she91裸聊视频檚 happy about her golf ball collection. She said picking them up while on her walks is good entertainment, and washing them when she gets home is a good way to pass the time.
Tower Ranch Golf Course opens April 29, for the season.
We have reached out to the Conservation Officer Service to ask if this is the usual raven behaviour and will update this story once more information is available.
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