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Why do I
love Tahsis? Easy, it’s the eagles. One warm afternoon last summer I
witnessed a male and female bald eagle swoop over the neighborhood  and
rested in a neighbor’s Douglas fir tree. The local cackle of crows took
exception to the intrusion, and began to dive-bomb the pair in an
effort to get them to leave. The female eagle decided that discretion
was the better part of valor, and left the tree after it was obvious to
her that the crows would not give up. The male, however, stood his
ground and refused to leave, enraging the crows even further. The more
the crows attacked him, the more he clung to his branch, determined not
to give them satisfaction.The crows keep up their assault for the better part of the
afternoon, and yet the male eagle would not leave the tree. Finally,
exhausted from their blitzkrieg, the crows left in disgrace. The male
eagle then rose, unfurled his large brown wings and sailed away to join
his mate in more private surroundings. That’s why I love Tahsis. Story by Catherine Gordon, writer for Tahsis Time newsletter |