Honouring World Rivers Day

(The flowers, photographed in July, are from my garden.)

Today is World Rivers Day! My favourite place to view the beautiful Nechako River is at Riverside Park in Vanderhoof.

This photo was taken at the end of August when we had family visiting from Ontario. After playing on the swings and slides, my granddaughters wanted to see the river, and later they tried skipping stones.

More recently on a cool, blustery, exhilarating autumn day, my husband and I enjoyed this view.

Please help to keep our rivers clean for the benefit of all.

Posted for Today's Flowers

Riverside

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Sometimes you go to the river, and there's not a single bird in sight. On a cold, windy and gray day last week though I saw a few birds searching for food.

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Our friend, the ever-entertaining Crow, was very interested in what was in the water, so much so that he was willing to get his feet and beak quite wet.

In the same vicinity, a Ring-billed Gull idly took a stroll, no doubt looking for a morsel somewhere.

Also nearby, an oh so busy Merganser cruised back and forth in this narrow strip of water by the shore and frequently dipped below the surface.

Later, as I walked on the nature trail, I spied through some branches six Mallard Ducks in the middle of the river.

Does it looks as if they're walking here? The river is at a low level right now, and they must have reached a gravelly ridge.