So, apparently, sparrows are taking up residence in the salad bar sections of several local Whole Foods, and the stores’ managers don’t give a damn whether bird droppings, feathers or even Avian Flu get into our food.

“This is Pepe,” explains a local blogger regarding the above pic. “He lives in the salad bar at the Whole Foods in Tenleytown.

“No, I didn’t choose his name; you can thank the Whole Foods managers for that. When my friend complained about a bird in the pasta salad, the manager replied, ‘Oh, that’s just Pepe. We’ve been trying to catch him for weeks.’”

A commenter then added this delicious musing:

“There also is a bird living in the Old Town Alexandria Whole Foods but I don’t know if the staff named that one.”

Yum.