Landings Bird Cam

We began some repairs on the Eagle/Owl camera this week.  We look forward to whichever species decides to take up residency in the nest.  I wanted to share a link to the article Mary Landers wrote for Savannah Morning News that made the front page!  It was great having her out to cover our efforts to get the cameras up and running again.  I also would like to thank Josh Galemore for being on hand to take photos for the article.

Landings' owl nest cam returns in Savannah

Irrigation Blowout!!

On Thursday June 18th, I got a report of a "stuck head" on the 7th green of Palmetto.  I did not think much of it, as it tends to happen from time to time, and it is usually a simple fix.  As I rounded the turn going from 8 tees to 7 green, I could not see any sprinkler heads running.  I was relieved and figured the head had gone down on its own.  But once I topped the hill and saw what the issue really was; I wished it had just been a stuck head.  As you can see from the picture below, there was quite the mess on the green.  The PVC elbow cracked and blew the head all the way off.  The pressure from the water blew out  about a 10' X 4' hole, that was about 4 feet deep.  Once the water was cut off Chris, Embree, and I began the clean up process.  Thankfully, they were still around to pitch in on the effort.  After about 4 hours of shoveling in the hot sun we had the green back in shape and ready for play.  We sodded the area this past Tuesday and after a few weeks you won't even be able to tell there was ever an issue.

This was how it looked as I pulled up to the 7th green.  I was amazed at the amount of material on the green.

The end result of out 4 hour clean up.

Preserving Our Wildlife

The other day while riding the Palmetto course a few of my crew members spotted a baby otter.  They told me about it and I went to check it out for myself.  I found the otter at the base of an oak tree beside 9 tee box.  It was acting very scared and shaking.   After sitting there for a few minutes in hopes the mother would pop up I decided to call Robin Gold with Skidaway Animal Rescue(912-598-5370) to see what I should do.

She advised me to get the otter and she would meet me at our maintenance shop to pick it up.  So I grabbed a bucket and towel from my cart.  The otter was scared at first but once I laid the bucket down it crawled right in and curled up in the towel.  After about ten minutes Robin showed up at our shop with a crate and she took the otter off.  She provides a valuable service to the wildlife on the island and I encourage anyone that sees a distressed animal to call her. 

 

Two days after she rescued the otter, Robin sent me a picture and text to update me.  She said the otter was doing well and was being taken to an otter specialist in Conyers.  It will be raised with other baby otters and should be released once it matures.   

 

I want to thank Robin and Skidaway Animal Rescue for helping us out.  This is a valuable asset to have on the island and I encourage others to take advantage of it, if need be.  I have included her contact information below in case anyone sees an animal in need.

 

SKIDAWAY ANIMAL RESCUE

Robin C. Gold

Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator

912-598-5370