About Town

Recent pics about town . . .

Saturday morning on Marietta Avenue

 What is it?

 It's the elusive red-tailed squirrel at Locust Street Park!

ENTINEL ERVICE. 

The "S" is silent. They offer "ire Sprinklers," which are probably used to cool off angry people.

 Bluebirds on red sign

 Boat

 Does that mean it's a movable shelter?

 Low-rent accommodations

 Love is in the air - or at least in the canoe.

 Fly the friendly skies of . . . jihad?

  "Fly me to the moon."

 The family that bikes together . . .

 Driver's Ed

Furling the flags on Flag Day . . .

 History lesson

 One down, 10 million to go

 Two-bit basketball hoop

Not a good way to promote your product.  

According to Wikipedia: 

"The biohazard symbol was developed in 1966 by Charles Baldwin, an environmental-health engineer working for the Dow Chemical Company on the containment products. It is used in the labeling of biological materials that carry a significant health risk, including viral samples and used hypodermic needles."

 There it is again. 

Of course, when used in relation to zombies, it makes perfect sense.

 Rollin' along

 Painting it backwards only compounds the error.

 Notice at 30 North Second

The owners want to convert a three-unit apartment into a rooming house.

 This is just the first step. 

 Mr. Ed sighting?

Nope. Still not right.

Featherweights

“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.”
― Robert Lynd

 Crow on a tombstone at Laurel Hill.

 These young birds, at least one of which is a grackle, were waiting to be fed last week at Columbia River Park.

 The one in the middle was particularly vocal.

 This young sparrow found a unique resting place.

 Probably not a good place to be in an electrical storm, though.

 Early house finch this morning

 Mallards

 Eastern kingbird at Columbia River Park

Crow on a finial on a light on the bridge

Feeding time on Avenue H

House sparrows were sighted feeding their young along the 300 block of Avenue H a few weeks ago. House Sparrows eat insects and feed them to their young. 

Swallows take over under the bridge

Cliff swallows have taken up residence at various points under the Veterans Memorial Bridge.  The birds have been nest-building there over the past few weeks. Cliff Swallows traditionally build nests on cliff faces but have adapted their skills to bridges and other structures and feed in areas near water.