March 17th is quickly approaching. What is so special about March 17th you might ask? Well it is the expected date for the much anticipated hatching of the first egg Eloise laid on February 10th. Hopefully a few days later little brother or sister will emerge from the second egg which was laid on February 13.
Both Elliott and Eloise have been very busy and attentive parents this year, with Eloise taking the brunt of the parental duties. She has stayed on the nest through bitter cold temperatures, driving rain, and wind storms that have swayed the treetop enough to make some viewers feel ill. After last years sad and disappointing failure of the two eggs laid we are praying for a happy and successful hatching and fledging of the two eaglets.
It has been great to see the attention the Harrison Bay Eagle Cam Project has received this year and we are very appreciative of all the articles, email and Facebook passes, and tweets that everyone has sent out. It has been especially thrilling to see entities such as
TurfNet, The Golf Channel, and
USGA spread the word about the project, along with emails and tweets from organizations such as
Audubon International and
GCSAA.
Here is a photo my mom sent me of some eagles having a "family reunion" in Homer, Alaska. Don't know if we will ever have this many eagles at Harrison Bay but we can hope.
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Bill, Jonathan, and Eric have been working hard this winter to finish up the four year bunker renovation project of the greenside bunkers at Harrison Bay. Our bunkers used to be our biggest complaint and one of our biggest budget expenses but that has all changed and we can provide now our golfers and guests with some very good bunkers to play out of. The remaining three greenside bunkers will be completed in the next week or two. We are also going to work on improving the fairway bunkers which we have had some comments about by adding the sand we removed from the greenside bunkers to the fairway bunkers which will give them much needed sand and a firmer surface which is what you want in a fairway bunker sand.
We also took delivery of the new 48 volt Tru Turf Electric greens roller which will help us to provide faster, firmer greens. The tri-roller smoothing heads and the rubber coated drive roller will help us to roll the greens in almost any direction without the fear of leaving creases or lines in the putting surface.
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