burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

It's a little hard to play golf and photograph birds at the same time, not to mention dangerous, with all the balls flying all over the place!

Larelain Loc: Myrtle Beach, SC

I have done both at the same time and got great pictures and so far not been hit

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

In 1972, My Nikkormat FTn film camera took a direct hit from a golfball while it was sitting in a cart at the edge of a fairway. It totaled the meter, which used a bizarre circular glass carbon film resister wrapped around the lens mount, integrated with ASA/ISO and shutter controls. It was repaired, but never worked right after that. The ball came from an adjacent fairway. FORE!

Stonewall Loc: Pocono Mountains

I'll second the recommendation for the Avian Center for birds of prey just South of Georgetown as well as Huntington Beach State Park having visited both in early April this year.

Larelain Loc: Myrtle Beach, SC

I bet that got your attention real quick. Never hit my camera, but I have been hit 8 times by golf balls. The course I play is not busy and the fairways are spaced apart. I have a season pass to Huntington beach state park and get some good bird pictures, but have also get great pictures at the golf course which has white herons and blue herons, wild turkeys, red tail hawks and many others.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

I should keep my camera by the kitchen table. We see so much wildlife in our back and side yards that it's no longer a thrill. We live in a suburban area of a small city, a few hundred yards from a watershed lake and across the lake from a golf course. Our vacant side lot is adjacent to a 230,000 Volt power line corridor. We get deer, foxes, coyotes, rabbits, beavers, groundhogs, squirrels, snakes, birds (including hawks and kestrels that keep the snake and rodent population down),... A couple miles away, bears have been seen roaming the neighborhoods. My wife looked out the window the other day and saw a deer sitting in the back yard, chomping away on huge chunks of our hasta plants... The deer was staring in our kitchen window the next morning, as if to ask, "Do you have any more hastas I can eat?" I opened the door and encouraged her to leave. She darted out my side fence gate towards the power line. I promptly closed the gate.

Larelain Loc: Myrtle Beach, SC

It seems you live in an ideal place. I have seen African lions, leopards, cheetahs, rhinos etc. but have never seen a bear in the wild and you have them near you. Headed to Kruger National Park for 4 weeks next month.