Fishing, Flying Herons, Landing Canada Goose

Some more photos from my walk at Deer Lake in Burnaby, BC, yesterday:

Canada Goose coming in for a landing – the last shot with the tongue sticking out looks like effort, or perhaps embarrassment at the splashy landing : – ).

Canada Goose landing in Deer Lake in Burnaby, BC

Great Blue Heron fishing, and another passing overhead:Great Blue Herons at Deer Lake in Burnaby BC

Sleepy Mallard:
Sleepy Mallard at Deer Lake in Burnaby BC

Happy Sparrow in the sunshine:Sparrow singing in the sun at Deer Lake in Burnaby, BC

Some amazing cavity excavation work. I’d guess Pileated Woodpecker?Cavity excavation at Deer Lake in Burnaby BC. Pileated woodpecker?

Are Basic Navigation Skills Being Lost?

I occasionally wonder about the apparently deteriorating ability of humans to navigate in the real world.

I was on a work trip the other day, and at one point told my passenger “we’ll arrive at XYZ at 12:15, any preference for where to stop for a bite?”

Passenger looked over, didn’t see any cell phone in the holder. “How do you know we’ll arrive at 12:15?”

“The road sign we passed about a minute ago said it was 60km. We’re driving at the freeway limit of 120kph. That makes it 30 minutes, give or take a minute. It’s now 11:45 so we’ll arrive about 12:15.”

Silence. “Let me check my GPS. . . Ah, no signal . . . “

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