Derek Ryder

Derek Ryder

@ryderda.bsky.social

Skier, hiker, traveler, Former Director - Friends of Kananaskis, K-Country Bear Team member, Sunshine SnowHost, Wildlife Ambassador, and retired.

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Derek Ryder
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Today's lunch view while out volunteering was in the exact same place as yesterday, but with radically different weather: cold, windy, overcast and some drizzle.

Derek Ryder
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Strange things I saw while out volunteering today: a 70 year old radio sitting on a tree stump in the wilderness. Feel free to Google "Hammarlund Model SP-600" to find out about it. I did; it's kinda interesting.

Derek Ryder
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Today's lunch view while out volunteering. It's possible you know where this is. I consider myself very privileged to be able to go here. I do not take the ability for granted, and am thankful to the folks who let me do so.

Derek Ryder
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It was pouring rain at lunch today, so we ate indoors (in front of a fire trying to dry our rain gear). This was the "15 min before lunch" view while out volunteering.

Derek Ryder
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Today's lunch view while out volunteering. My volunteering today was heavily impacted by bears. I was NOT on bear duty, but doing other stuff. However, I saw 9 bears in total. Two of them (technically, 5 of them) required me to adjust my volunteering plans on the fly.

Derek Ryder
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Since I wasn't on bears, you get to see 4 of them that were napping where I was supposed to be volunteering (but didn't because there were 4 bears napping there). Oh, and a picture of a Pika, too, just because.

Derek Ryder
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Today's lunch view while out volunteering. But I was NOT volunteering on bear work (where I am not allowed to share pics). On my way to my second (not bear) volunteering gig, look who blocked the road. Meet 139 & the 3 cubs. My second volunteering stint involved Pika, so here's one of them, too.

Derek Ryder
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On Monday, the Robins (that have been nesting on my shelf attached to my house) fledged. There were 4 of them. Their first landings were miserable crashes (could have something to do with a lack of tail feathers). There are now only 3 as a pair of Crows got one despite the best efforts of mom & dad.

Derek Ryder
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Today's lunch while out volunteering was inside because the weather was... cold and snowy. Here's an example snow squall from later in the afternoon. A little blown away by the people in this pic having a 3:30 pm BBQ by an icy lake.