RichmondSFBlog reader Derek was walking on 5th Avenue yesterday afternoon when he heard an odd sound – quacking. He looked up and saw a mallard duck perched on an apartment building roof, just taking in the view. Guess he was taking a field trip from his digs in Golden Gate Park or Mountain Lake Park…

Derek has a knack for capturing our feathered friends in the neighborhood. He also snapped the red-tailed hawk that stopped to check out the Clement Street scene back in February.

Sarah B.

Photo by André Kuipers. Click image to enlarge

Astronaut André Kuipers tweeted out the photo above as he orbited over the Bay Area on April 21. What a cool job. And I love that you can clearly see the swath that is Golden Gate Park.

Sarah B.

[via Huffington Post]

The Conservatory of Flowers has a new exhibition opening on May 10 called Plantosaurus Rex, featuring a “prehistoric paradise of plants from the time of the dinosaurs when giant ferns, spiky horsetails, and primitive cycads grew in lush abundance and fed many of the monstrous reptiles that roamed the earth millions of years ago.”

Included in the exhibit are some larger than life dinosaur statues, like this mischievous T-Rex who clearly found the Conservatory a little too confining. I just hope that guy on the roof had some dino treats to appease the beast…

Sarah B.

Two evils in one place! RichmondSFBlog reader Erik H. tweeted this photo out of the Hustler Club’s mobile stripper truck parked in the McDonald’s lot over on Haight.

Perhaps the driver stopped in for a Happy Meal on his way back to Las Vegas. We all know how alluring those free toys can be…

Sarah B.

Photo by David Cruz

RichmondSFBlog reader David Cruz was in Golden Gate Park yesterday, when he saw a pair of eyes and big ears in the distance. No, it wasn’t the Easter Bunny, just a local coyote out for a stroll. Thanks to David for sharing the pics!

Sarah B.

Photo by David Cruz

Photo by David Cruz