Portland Water Inspector Captures Awesome Wildlife Shots
One would think the life of a water quality inspector for the city of Portland drab. Wandering from city water source to city water source to make sure everything is in order would make me look for another line of work. Inspector Dan Hooker has made his job interesting however by snapping photography of wildlife (like the one pictured at right) as he inspects the Columbia South Shore Well Field and the Bull Run areas during his travels. [NOTE: To view his photos, you need to select Water Blog from the search box of the Portland Water Bureau page and type in Dan Hooker as the search term] I in particular like this amazing shot of bald eagles he captured earlier this year. Keep up the great photography Dan!
> Wandering from city water source to city water
> source to make sure everything is in order would
> make me look for another line of work.
I don’t know. You avoid sitting in a death-inducing cubicle under flourescent lights, you’re out in the open air, you don’t have some jerk boss breathing down your neck all day long. Doesn’t sound so bad to me.
Good point – perhaps I’ll fill out an application :)
I have always had a secret wish to be a parking inspector. I would be a good one though and not give out too many tickets. The good part of it would be walking the streets of Portland, staying in shape (although there are some inspectors who aren’t in shape) and getting paid for it. Yeah, I remember meeting someone when I was younger who’s job it was to map trails. He would hike the trail and compare it to the map and make sure everything is OK!
I didn’t bring my camera to work today. This means I have no photographic evidence of the bald eagle in the skies over the bookstore today.