West Seattle scene: Helping hands on Harbor Avenue

If you follow WSB on Twitter and/or Facebook, you might already have seen that photo; we posted it while in transit this morning, after stopping on Harbor Avenue for this rescue in process, which only lasted a moment. We were en route to a potential breaking story and couldn’t stop to find out what happened – nor did we see what preceded this, just that it looked like a young seagull, hurt or at least stunned, and that the person in the green jacket knelt to pick it up, and carried it off to the water side of Harbor, by Seacrest Park’s east end. If you are the person in the photo and/or know what happened, consider a comment, or e-mailing us – editor@westseattleblog.com – thank you.

P.S. If you aren’t sure what to do if you encounter injured wildlife – in response to this photo, Lesley tweeted this link to info from PAWS.

ca February 5, 2015 (12:56 pm)

that is lovely of that person to do. I hope the seagull was/is okay.

Ben February 5, 2015 (2:25 pm)

I love that guy!

NW February 5, 2015 (4:26 pm)

Way to go man! That’s standard procedure in my book!

CanDo February 5, 2015 (4:41 pm)

It’s wonderful to see someone with compassion who goes the extra mile to help a creature in distress. As the saying goes, you can easily determine the measure of a man (or woman) by how he (or she) treats those who can do nothing for them. Thank you kind stranger!

Jeff February 5, 2015 (8:22 pm)

Honest question here: Why do you guys post such tiny pictures? 500 pixels wide? In 2015, really?

WSB February 5, 2015 (9:12 pm)

Actually, thumbnails are all the rage for blog-format sites and we’ve resisted designers endlessly trying to talk us into it. It’s as wide as our content column in this ancient design, which will be replaced this year. Thanks!