Corvus coronoides

3 Australian Raven at Symonston, ACT

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Identification history

	Corvus coronoides	21 May 2023	MatthewFrawley
	Corvus coronoides	21 May 2023	RodDeb

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anyone for golf?

10 comments

MatthewFrawley wrote:

21 May 2023

I recall this type of behaviour from my youth when I would hit golf balls down at the oval.

RodDeb wrote:

21 May 2023

Matthew, it must have liked the ball because it is a distance to the Golf course, and it was having fun playing with the ball.

RogerF wrote:

21 May 2023

We have found several golf balls over the years and our property is at least 15 km from the nearest course (Queanbeyan), as the crow flies of course.

RodDeb wrote:

21 May 2023

Wow 15 km away, the Raven's must really treasure them when they find one.

rawshorty wrote:

22 May 2023

That is a range ball from the driving range across the road from Geoscience. For many Years they would bring golf balls to my place. I would watch them fly up and drop them on the road to try and break them open and peck at them, place them in the bird baths to try and soften them up and when that failed they would bury them in the ground for a day or two. I have not seen them do this for a couple of Years so I assume they have decieded that the balls are not food.

RodDeb wrote:

22 May 2023

Thanks Shorty, we thought that is where the golf ball came from. We watched this one wander around with it dropping it and picking it up again. It tried burying the golf ball in one place but must have thought it wasn't deep enough so picked it up and wandered off again and then buried it near some bushes where the ground was a bit softer covering it with sticks, grass and leaves. This one must still be learning that it is not food. Was interesting to watch.

RogerF wrote:

22 May 2023

Maybe it was 'squirrelling' it away for a rainy day.

michaelb wrote:

23 May 2023

In the past I have also found more than a dozen golf balls in my explorations of Tuggeranong Hill & Rob Roy reserves, far away from any golf course or back yard.

RodDeb wrote:

23 May 2023

Seems like taking golf balls is a favourite pastime for Ravens.

michaelb wrote:

23 May 2023

I come from Bombala, NSW. I remember when I was young in the 1950's & 60's they used to have a special crow trap in place on the golf course to capture crows to reduce the problem of them stealing golf balls.

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