This is what it looked like on Saturday when San Francisco held a dress rehearsal for disaster in the Financial District. Hundreds of people were on the scene. They came from an alphabet soup of local, state, and federal agencies, such as SFFD, SFPD, FEMA, FBI, the Army, etc.
A decontamination tent near the 555 California building. Click to expand
When they’re not eating flowers, the Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill like to fly around San Francisco in big flocks.
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Wild parrots above the KPIX-TV building on Battery Street and also near 202 Green Street, where Philo T. Farnsworth invented television a while back.
Some people are afraid of these red masked conures, but others would like them to become the state bird of California instead of the Valley Quail. We have some quail in San Francisco as well, but not all that many.
Will the Parrot cell phone-accessory company be able to change our state bird from quail to parrot?
Only Time Will Tell.
In honor of Flag Day, a huge American flag on California Street in the Financial District of San Francisco. It’s safe from being burned by the locals thanks to the Flag Desecration Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Oops, scratch that. This particular idea for an amendment isn’t actually in effect right now. Yet somehow, people have refrained from burning the flag pictured below.
Amazing.
San Francisco’s famous wild parrots have spread out a bit lately, so they’re easier to spot these days.
Watch them eating springtime blossoms (cherry? plum?). You can listen to them also. And of course, you can read all about them.
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Mmmmm…, flowers.