365 Project, Day 173
Here is my day 173 submission to my 365Project:
As this was Easter weekend I was lucky to have my good friends visiting from out of town so we decided, just like old times, to go for a hike around Matheson Lake in Metchosin. It was a lovely spring day and so nice to get out in the fresh air and forest.
As we hiked around the forest we heard red breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) and a variety of other birds calling from the forest, Red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) calling from the reeds surrounding the lake and Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) calling as they flew over the forest surrounding us.
I snapped a few photos today and I liked how the lighting emphasizes the stringiness of the bark and the green of the forest surrounding this Western red cedar (Thuja plicata).
Here's a shot I managed to get of one of the Red-breasted sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus ruber) we weren't seeing as much as we were hearing today.
And a shot of the one of the most valued tree species in British Columbia, the Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga Menziesii). This species was utilised extensively by aboriginal people in the south of the province; wood was used for fuel in pit cooks, fish hooks and handles and boughs were used to cover floors of lodges and sweat lodges. The first Europeans also valued the lumber which was exported in the 18th Century.
As this was Easter weekend I was lucky to have my good friends visiting from out of town so we decided, just like old times, to go for a hike around Matheson Lake in Metchosin. It was a lovely spring day and so nice to get out in the fresh air and forest.
As we hiked around the forest we heard red breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) and a variety of other birds calling from the forest, Red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) calling from the reeds surrounding the lake and Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) calling as they flew over the forest surrounding us.
I snapped a few photos today and I liked how the lighting emphasizes the stringiness of the bark and the green of the forest surrounding this Western red cedar (Thuja plicata).
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| Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) |
Here's a shot I managed to get of one of the Red-breasted sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus ruber) we weren't seeing as much as we were hearing today.
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| Red breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) |
And a shot of the one of the most valued tree species in British Columbia, the Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga Menziesii). This species was utilised extensively by aboriginal people in the south of the province; wood was used for fuel in pit cooks, fish hooks and handles and boughs were used to cover floors of lodges and sweat lodges. The first Europeans also valued the lumber which was exported in the 18th Century.
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| Coastal Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga Menziesii) |
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