The golf course changed a par five to a par three to protect the all-American birds — and warns people not to trespass on the course to see them.
is now one of the easiest after course changes were made to protect a nest of bald eagles living directly in the flight path of soaring balls.
Stumpff has worked in golf for twenty years and says he’s seen lots of wildlife in his time. His wife even jokingly calls him a birder because of the amount of avian creatures he encounters. In the last two weeks, however, one eagle has stayed in the nest continually while the other goes out to hunt, leading Broken Tee employees to suspect there are eggs in there after all. They plan to have CPW visit again soon to confirm.
The larger protection radius would shut down most of the back nine of the course, according to Stumpff, so Broken Tee is working proactively to make sure the smaller radius will work.Broken Tee officially changed the layout of the hole on March 10, moving the tee and shutting off fairway access so the eagles would be at less risk of being disturbed. Course officials aren't publicly sharing which hole the birds are nesting on in order to keep curious people from finding and disturbing them.
According to Stumpff, CPW doesn't think increased mowing and activity during the spring and summer will disturb the eagles. Right now, there are more than 350 occupied bald eagle nests in Colorado, with more than half found in the northeast CPW region, which stretches from the top of the state down to Castle Rock.
In return, the predators have helped the staff keep geese and their waste away from the grass. “There's a dead goose out there every couple of days," Stumpff says,"which is beneficial for us, because make a mess out there."
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