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Got to hangout with a barred owl for 30 minutes the other day. Watched he/she/they swoop to the ground a couple of times after prey. From the audio alone you can tell the other critters of the forest didn’t appreciate being hunted. 🤗

Aren’t bloopers great? 🌲🌲🌲

For the past 6 months I’ve felt extremely introverted. More so than usual. I’ve been writing, reading, and going on walks. Editing videos. Just being quiet when I can, and I’m okay with that.

It’s #WorldRangerDay ! It’s a career I stumbled into five years ago and have enjoyed ever since! Here’s a throwback to when I worked with some of the raddest #radrangers at North Cascades National Park.

I have negative feelings towards social media... and it’s made posting feel strange. For starters, covid-19 is real and a huge problem for our society, even though people’s insta feeds might make it look like it’s all “business as usual.” I’m guilty of posting the highlights as well, and not the reality, which is that I’m anxious and wearing a face mask 98% of my time in public. 2nd, remember the rising racial tensions in the US and the complete polarization of politics? Yeah...... I’ve been trying to figure out my role in having convos about issues & injustices via social media, and/or prioritizing one-on-one convos with people close to me “in real life.” Not sure what the ~right~ balance is? 3rd, there is something about social media that fundamentally irks me. Yes, I like looking at pretty pictures of nature and sharing pretty pictures of nature, but do not condone places being “discovered,” blowing up online, and then being completely trashed over time just for photos. I see it all the time in my work with parks. It is so SO disheartening. What role do I play in contributing to places being destroyed because of what I post? I have no answers, just concerns...

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