My Alaska internship and adventure has come to an end. I spent 5 months as an intern with the Forest Service in the Cordova Ranger District with the Celebra las Aves Playeras project. It was an amazing experience that I grew a lot from, both personally and professionally. I conducted shorebird surveys Read more…
After the Dusky Canada Geese build their nests on the artificial nest islands and their goslings hatch, they leave their nests. A few weeks after monitoring the success of these nest islands we went back to our field camp out on the delta. This time we were doing nest island Read more…
The wildlife crew in Cordova is in mid fieldwork season! From shorebird surveys to native plant gardens, invasive plant control and our latest project Dusky Canada Goose Nest Island monitoring. We were out on Pete Dahl, our field camp on the Delta for one week of monitoring the success of Read more…
Last week I had the opportunity to visit a different part of Alaska. The wildlife crew in the Cordova Ranger District took part in a project in collaboration with the USFS and the American Hiking Society to work on invasive plant control. This project took place in the Glacier Ranger Read more…
I can not believe I have been in Cordova for two and a half months already. I have been involved in community education and outreach, owl surveys, shorebird surveys which was one of my main projects here and other wildlife projects. In the Cordova Ranger District we have seasonal employees Read more…
My intern colleagues have been conducting shorebird surveys along the Pacific Flyway in shorebird wintering grounds from California to the Oregon coast for the past weeks. In the recent weeks they have seen less shorebirds at their survey sites. This is because those shorebirds have been feeding in coastal and Read more…
Shorebird enthusiasts came together this past weekend in Cordova to celebrate the 23rd Annual Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival. It brought together birders, photographers, artists and kids. Among the activities in the festival were guided bird walks, keynote speakers, kid’s activities, art shows, a Birder’s Bash and a Birder’s Challenge. Read more…
This past weekend we filmed our WetlandsLIVE webcasts called Discovering Wetlands, Descubriendo Humedales in Spanish here in Cordova Alaska! Through a series of free webcasts, WetlandsLIVE: A Distance Learning Adventure connects youth and educators to wetlands to engage in learning activities that inspire hands-on stewardship action. In the Discovering Wetlands Read more…