Source: The Orange County Register (California)
Snowy egrets live here.
The great blue heron flocks to the lakes at this green haven in the middle of the urban setting less than a mile from Tustin's largest shopping center, the Tustin Market Place.
So what are all the names of birds doing in the sports section?
These different species compete in fishing contests daily at the Tustin Ranch Golf Course.
The course is a member of the Audubon Society and houses up to eight species of birds, fish and other wildlife.
The Tustin Ranch employees don't import the birds, like the reclaimed water that fills the man-made lakes.
The wildlife finds the well manicured grounds of the golf course a home away from home, like many Tustin golfers.
But here's what many Tustin golfers probably don't know about their home course.
It takes a lot of work and science to balance the beauty of Tustin Ranch.
General manager Steve Plummer helped open the golf course as the golf course superintendent in 1989.
He's watched as the open space in the heart of Tustin has drawn the likes of barn owls, red tailed hawks and now the blue bird.
Eight years ago, Jim Cox approached Plummer because he was interested in putting some blue bird boxes in the course's trees.
Five boxes were hoisted up on the course, and not too long after there was a blue bird sighting at one along Jamboree Road, Plummer said.
One by one, blue birds starting showing up, and staff now counts 10 birds making the course their home and mating grounds.
The course now has 25 to 30 boxes scattered around the fairways, and approximately 200 fledglings a year.
Through this program, the golf course is hoping to become not only a member of the Audubon, but a certified one.
So they reached out to the community to help them with the blue bird box program.
Beyond birds, the course is home to evening strolls of coyotes, raccoons hang out in the storm drains and rabbits sometimes hop through the course.
The mosquito-eating fish, Gambusia, swim in the ponds.
So while golfers are enjoying teeing off on the prestigious course, birds and other animals are calling the spot their home.