I’ve had a great experience so far being exposed to different projects. One big project I contributed to was the South West Flycatcher pedestrian survey at McEntire Simpson. This place has most likely been the most mosquitoes I’ve ever seen in one single place. I even saw more mosquitoes on this site than in the Amazonian jungle, I had to wear big rubber boots that will cover my entire legs, 2 layers of clothing plus a mosquito jackets that covered my entire upper body and my head. Some extra covering was sunglasses and a piece of thin layer clothing around my neck and lower face. Phew!! Once we started moving, it got really really toasty!! I was wearing not only enough layers but also wearing an under armor tight shirt, which pretty much was a sauna. Anyways, back to the topic, I got about 30 bird species total that day along with some pretty cool wildlife such as deer calves, a great horned owl, gartner snakes, frogs, muskrats, and lots and lots of flies and red dragonflies!! It was a pretty successful day with everyone and at the end of course we couldn’t forget the donuts. Check and check on everything. We also saw a pigeon-like chick just laying on the ground all fed up and mellow. Overall, we had a great bird guru and tons of stuff to look at. Pretty great week for sure :)! Other than this great project that Alex and I tagged along on we are still doing a lot of outreach in a Methodist Church. Stay tuned you bloggers!!
2018 Interns
Water Sampling and My Last Week at the Blanca Wetlands
Hello there again to the public and anyone else that may follow Environment for the Americas (EFTA). It’s your EFTA intern Ricky Martinez serving the people and the environment here in the San Luis Valley, Read more…