May 11, 2019
Golf course & goose control update
There have been trucks going back and forth to the golf course everyday. Things are happening. Likely folks will be playing on it before we get back in June.
The course is getting laid out. I don’t know if it will be the same as before the flood.
Each tee and hole are being set out. It will be interesting to see how the artificial turf is going to look. Certainly at lot more eco friendly and less labour intensive for the volunteers.
The rail trail crosses over the creek next to the golf course. That is why the fencing has been put in, to prevent people and their dogs from coming onto our property.
The creek has been re directed from when the flooding had it running right thru the middle of the course.
First we put up the red & silver foil ribbon to dissuade the geese from coming up onto the patio. We have used this in the past but it only lasts so long before the wind breaks the ribbon.
Colin did more research and found this 3-D Coyote Predator Replica Canada Goose Repellent Coyote Decoy. We were fortunate to actually find one here in Kelowna, otherwise we would have had to order it online and it would not have got here before we leave on Tuesday.
This Wind Movement 3-D Coyote Replica is a full-size, life-like replica of a menacing predator. It helps rid your property of Canadian geese, birds, and other small animals. It works without chemicals for a safe, humane and effective deterrent, and its 3-dimensional design provides 360-degree coverage that is visible from any angle. So says the literature. Hopefully we won’t be coming back to a patio full of you know what. This critter who has been named Charlie the Coyote is very ferocious looking with a real looking ‘fur’ tail. It has been windy this afternoon and Charlie moves from side to side ever so slightly. Hopefully to a goose it looks like a real predator.
I finally got laundry done today. Our water was been suddenly cut off both Thursday and Friday. The first day, the paving crew broke the main water line, not sure what the reason was yesterday. Fortunately we were able to use a bucket of lake water to flush the toilet as needed. Even more fortunate I wasn’t in the shower washing my hair nor had I started the laundry.
Today has been a perfect day, with a high of 85F/30C and just enough wind to not have to turn on the A/C. Hopefully we will have wonderful weather on on trip compared to the cold and rain we had last year.
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Hopefully Charlie will work, it will be interesting to hear how it goes.
HOPE IT WORKS BETTER THAN MY FRONT OWL. AS YOU KNOW, THE BIRDS STILL PERCH AND DO THEIR JOBS AT THE FRONT DOOR. THE REAR OWL WORKS WONDERFULLY. GOOD LUCK. CERTAINLY LOOKS AUTHENTIC!!!
The wiley coyote is too funny…Where is the roadrunner?…..
I have Dexter the Duck who is sposed to quack, but his batteries got wet, no quacking at all….How is a duck not able to get wet???
Oh well………94* down road from you today…
David Evans
Hope your Charlie does the trick to keep you patio clean.
Funky looking coyote! You may need to bling him up a bit 🙂