Birders

Birders

I’ve always called them “birders.” But there really should be a more interesting term for a group of bird watchers. Yesterday I heard the term “featherheads” for the first time. I kind of like that one.

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Message to City Daily Photo bloggers: The photo challenge for February 1st is If you had to leave forever the city from which you usually post, what would you miss most?
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Theme Day: Worker

Ranger Brittany

Today’s first of the month theme with City Daily Photo is “Worker.” I chose as my subject Olympic National Park Ranger Brittany, who led an informative walk at the former Lake Aldwell last summer. The public was invited to inspect progress on the restoration of the Elwah River through the lake bed after removal of two dams to restore an historic salmon fishery.

National Park Service Rangers protect and preserve the U.S. National Park System, many as educators, interpreters of natural and human history in the park units in which they work. They can, as well, fulfill law enforcement roles, act as first responders and emergency medical technicians, perform search and rescue, and/or act as fire fighters.

To see other workers from around the world, click here.

Sterner stuff

Sterner stuff

This is a photo of a photo, this one behind glass in a display case in the Royal B.C. Museum. The subject is Delina Noel, taken in 1915 in British Columbia. Delina and her husband were well known prospectors and mine operators in the Bridge River area.

I suppose hunting bears might have been a matter of survival in the wilderness 99 years ago. But I’m duly impressed. Delina did it wearing a skirt.