We've got vultures in my neighborhood of Land Park, Sacramento. And I'm not just talking about those agents fighting in the streets after a listing presentation. Because yesterday brought us not only the first day of fall, but we're beginning our seasonal bird migration. This is the time of year that birds travel through Land Park because we are located in the Pacific Flyway.
If you've never heard of the Pacific Flyway, it's a major flight zone for birds that runs through the Central Valley and much of California. It begins in Alaska and ends in Chile and Argentina, although not every bird travels to the end of the line. They stop off at other places along the way and, if those places are suitable for a winter vacation, they stay there.
Which is what I'm imagining many of the residents who have homes in Land Park are wondering. They're wondering if the turkey vultures are going to stay in our trees. The Bee ran a story about the turkey vultures this morning. They are perched mostly in the trees along 13th Avenue east of Land Park Drive and along 11th Avenue west of Land Park Drive.
But I don't think so. I often watch birds that migrate through my back yard, and they don't hang around. It's my cats who tell me they are here. All of a sudden they start making goat noises, and I know pigeons are either sitting on the telephone wires soaking up sun and taunting them or I've got migratory birds in the yard. So, I stop typing a listing contract or answering an email -- whatever I am doing on the computer at the moment -- and grab my binoculars. That's one of the advantages of running a real estate business out of my home office. I get to watch the birds.
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Elizabeth Weintraub is an author, home buying columnist for The New York Times-owned About.com, a Land Park resident, and a Land Park real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown and East Sacramento. Weintraub is also a Sacramento Short Sale agent who lists and successfully sells short sales throughout the four-county Sacramento area. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put 35 years of real estate experience to work for you. Broker-Associate at Lyon Real Estate. DRE License # 00697006.
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