Well, believe it or not, the end is nearing. I have about a month left at my site and the clock is ticking. Ore Time has always been a funny concept to me, but these past few months have been slow moving yet fast paced. The end of this internship Read more…
One of the main duties I’ve had at Siuslaw National Forest is outreach and education about the western snowy plover (WSP), my job is to explain the different activities that may disrupt the WSP nesting season. I try to encourage people to respect the habitat restoration areas and restrictions applied, Read more…
I have been so lucky these past few weeks, I’ve gotten to meet so many cool people, see so many awesome animals, and I’ve gotten to go to the zoo not once, but three times! When we started this internship I didn’t know we’d be going to the zoo, Read more…
As the season progresses, there are more and more beautiful days at Yaquina Head. Being that it’s summer time, even early mornings when I go monitor the murres and cormorants don’t seem so early because the sun is already out! I have to confess, after waking up early so many Read more…
On July 18, we had our Latino Conservation nature walk at Kenneth Hahn state park where Tania and I leaded a tour about native plants and bird migration. We had a small group attend but we were still able to make it work. I led the tour through the native Read more…
Los Angeles Audubon has definitely slowed down this time of year, but it continues to surprise how much work still needs to get done. Conservation work is never ending. Education is never ending. Learning is never ending. Sometimes I feel like I have a breather, and then I realize my Read more…
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 Read more…
(Environmental) Freedom writers. Writing is really an art form, a way to persuade, to express, to paint a vivid imagery in the mind and tint the soul of a certain powerful emotion or event with fire and impact. And writing, is also elementary, for the scientific realm. I will start Read more…