Top photo, downtown Richmond, looking from the Mayo Bridge over part of the James River. In the photo above, the little blotch near the top of the tree is an osprey. They're big raptors, hawk-type birds, with wingspans of about 5 feet, that catch fish in the river. Ospreys carry those fish headfirst, aerodynamically. No other bird got the aerodynamic memo. I need a better zoom, (or a real camera), this is the best I could do. You can see ospreys in early mornings, flying over the river near the Mayo bridge, looking for a fish breakfast. There's really cool bird watching there, which includes, cormorants, Canada geese, great blue herons, vultures, and a bald eagle or two, if you're lucky. I'm surprised there aren't more wildlife photographers on the Mayo (and other) bridges catching the action in the mornings.
As an old school, HAS BEEN BMX guy, "squirrely" is a term we used for people who don't pedal smoothly. When sketchy BMX bike riders die, they probably go to the Squirrely Gates. But people here can just go to a game at The Diamond, to go through them.
Also as an old BMX/skateboard guy, I'm always watching the local sticker culture. It's a low key form of street art to people like me, and seldom noticed vandalism to most. I've seen a few of these stickers around town, and I think it's funny AF. Finally got a pic of one downtown.
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