COLUMBIA SPY

Recent pics about town... Another artist at work He painted these posts at The Owls on Friday. Nice work.  Water-logged Lincoln. These inserts line sidewalks along Route 462 in Columbia, also known as the Lincoln Highway. Check, please. Spell-check, that is.  Frank Doutrich distributed water to residents at this month's borough council meeting. At last month's meeting, the mayor offered water to council but not to residents, even though residents foot the bill.  Black vultures atop stadium lights at the high school.  Pennsy Supply paving Rotary Avenue on Friday the 13th.  Rollin' it on out  And back again  The road crew getting steamed up  Stapling a dirty flag to a utility pole does not a patriot make. It's flag desecration.  Testing the water  Well, someone's gotta do it.  An appropriate price for a devil vice  Skating along a lonely s...

Columbia Spy recently caught the following photos of a green heron fishing for minnows along the shore of the Susquehanna at Columbia River Park. The bird was briefly challenged by a great blue heron that flew by and bellowed at it. The great blue alighted a short distance away and watched as the green heron apparently invaded its territory. The great blue seemed a bit intimidated by the photographer, whereas the green was almost oblivious as it continued to spear minnows with its beak in quick, deft strokes. This green heron was sitting alongshore recently at Columbia River Park. It seemed to be surveying its prospects for a fish dinner. It high-stepped along the shoreline, looking for a suitable spot.  As it walked, it had to avoid twigs, leaves, and other debris.   A great blue heron, a frequent visitor to this part of the river, bellowed from a short distance away as it flew by.  It then landed a little further down along the shoreline...

Crew members carry a 400-pound canoe up the steps at Columbia River Park last Monday. Columbia Spy came across the canoemobile - or rather several canoemobiles - being "packed up" at Columbia River Park Monday afternoon. The crew had just finished a day of boat rides on the Susquehanna with 5th graders from Columbia School District and Eastern York School District, and with other interested visitors. Seven crew members from the Wilderness Inquiry hoisted the six canoes, one at a time, onto a waiting trailer. Each canoe weighs about 400 pounds and is made of cedar strips, fiberglass, and Kevlar by a boatwright in St. Paul, Minnesota, the group's home base.  According to the group's literature:  "The Wilderness Inquiry Canoemobile is a roving fleet of 24-foot, 10-passenger Voyageur canoes that travels the country to connect people to their local waterways and the great outdoors." As part of its 17-city national tour, the Canoemobile...