9 Blue Surf Court in Bent Tree hit the market last week with an asking price of $374,900. Click here to link to the listing information for the 4 bed, 3 bath updated home. Click the listing photo below to link to a virtual tour.
Lake frontage of 9 Blue Surf Court in Bent Tree (listing photo)
While crossing the dam yesterday evening, I glanced over at the geese paddling in the area and noticed something else in the middle of the lake. Thinking it might be some ducks, I grabbed my camera and zoomed in. It was a doe and fawn swimming across the lake. About 10 or 15 minutes earlier, while heading to the spillway, I had seen the doe and fawn running into the woods at the edge of the spillway, white tails raised high. I guess they were spooked by something, spooked enough to run on into the lake and swim across. From the time I saw them in the middle of the lake, it took them about 10 minutes to get to the other side, so I’m guessing it took them about 20 minutes total to swim from the spillway to the other side. They crossed a couple of pretty strong currents that I thought were going to sweep the little fawn away or under, but I shouldn’t have worried. Both the doe and fawn made it safe and sound to the other side. A couple of the pictures below are without the zoom and give an idea of the location of the deer in the lake (deer are highlighted in yellow in those pictures). By the way, the geese seemed to be following the action themselves. Click the thumbnails below to scroll through larger images:
Click here to link to the listing for 844 Oglethorpe Mountain Road in Bent Tree. This home has a lot to offer, including 3 bedrooms, 3½ baths, all new appliances, two guest suites, and double decks in the back. See the listing’s description for more. The asking price is $279,900. Click the listing photo below to link to the virtual tour.
844 Oglethorpe Mountain Rd in Bent Tree (agent’s listing photo)
2185 Crippled Oak Trail in Bent Tree hit the market with an asking price of $314,900. Click here to link to the listing for the 4 bed, 3 bath home. Click the listing photo below to link to a virtual tour.
2185 Crippled Oak Trail in Bent Tree (listing photo)
Canada geese go through a molting process this time of year, during which time they are “land-bound” and unable to fly.
“Each summer, in late June and early July, geese go through a molting process during which they lose their flight feathers and are in the process of growing new ones,” says WRD State Waterfowl Biologist Greg Balkcom. “We find that it is typically this time of year, when the geese are ‘land-bound’ that the most complaints about goose feces and feathers are reported.” - Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division. (2018 June). Help for Landowners: Don’t Get Frustrated With Flightless Geese (click here for article).
June 14, 2018 – Canada goose and goslings in Bent Tree
June 10, 2018 – Fawn in Bent Tree (click photo for larger image)
The amazing home/property at 407 Thunder Ridge in Bent Tree already has a “pending” sales status. Click the listing photo below to link to the listing agent’s website.
407 Thunder Ridge in Bent Tree (listing photo)
…really, really quiet…4:00 Thursday afternoon at the dam and not a soul in sight (other than the birds).
June 7, 2018 – Crossing the dam at Lake Tamarack in Bent Tree
There have been some interesting threads, on Nextdoor, about possible black wolf sightings in Bent Tree. I’ve posted this before…the following photo of a black coyote was taken in our yard, by a trail camera, in 2011. About a week before that, I saw a black coyote crossing the road one evening. This particular critter was pretty good-sized, a coyote, and very cool to see.
September 4, 2011 – a black coyote in Bent Tree
The John Davis Golf Classic, benefiting Georgia Mountains Hospice will be held today at the Bent Tree Golf Course. The golf course looks beautiful and the weather forecast looks good.
June 4, 2018 – Looking back on Hole 3