Not Your Usual Snowbirds
You might think of penguins or puffins when you think of a snowy landscape but in Washington's North Cascade's Highway, there are some unusual snowbirds; pink flamingos. These are working birds though, not just for looks.
WSDOT crews use the birds to mark spots where crews
shouldn't stop, due to avalange danger. And they just cheer people up.
Here's the story from the Bellingham Tribune.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
You might think of penguins or puffins when you think of a snowy landscape but in Washington's North Cascade's Highway, there are some unusual snowbirds; pink flamingos. These are working birds though, not just for looks.
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