TJ Mascots

Moe the Great Blue Heron stands watch at Trader Joe's Capitol Hill on Pennsylvania Ave SE — slate-gray plumage, long orange beak, and his Trader Joe's name tag, perched on a wooden ledge between a corn-stalk mural and a chalkboard sign. The species fits: great blue herons are a familiar sight along the Anacostia River and Tidal Basin just blocks from the store.