This Tree's Not Big Enough for Both of Us

photo by Ballard Blog

Ah, real estate. Talk to any Ballardite for more than a few minutes and the conversation turns to real estate. For the first time in memory, Ballard real estate is hot, hot, hot, and everybody wants to get in on the deal. Any deal. Especially if it means a two-bedroom-one-bath for less than $250K (the hardest deal to find these days).

It's easier for bald eagles. It looks like a pair of eagles has eyed a tall Douglas Fir down the hill from us. It's got a zillion dollar view of Puget Sound (and all the dead fish that might wash up on shore) and stands tall over acres of brush and berry vines (and all the rodents living therein). Real estate is all about location, location, location, and the eagles have it.

The crows don't much like the newcomers--there's bad blood between eagles and crows going way back--but the crows always lose. In the second picture we see a crow attempt to dive bomb Daddy Eagle. The funny part is that Daddy Eagle doesn't even acknowledge Mr. Crow's presence. Fuss all you like, Mr. Crow, Daddy Eagle's laid claim to Ballard's hottest one-bedroom-no-bath property and he's not giving it up for nobody.