My sixth week at Drumlin was a very hot camp week. The came kids came in and did most of our morning chores while we supervised and educated, which was really nice. When they were finished with cleaning the ducks and mammals I got to go outside and help clean the ARK raptor cages. It was a lot of fun seeing all the different raptors we have close up, like the American kestrel and the eastern screech owl.
We also had to spend a lot of time this week hosing the animals down. Its really important to keep them cool on such hot days
I had a talk with Flavio, my internship supervisor as well. He helped me decide that I will do a write up on how to incorporate a better feeding regiment for the white-tailed deer that is as nutritious as possible. I'll have to do a research paper for it but at least that will help me get back in the swing of writing again for school!
On Friday I got to do more bird handling with the eastern screech owl. It was a lot of fun. Hopefully I'll be doing a visitor education with the screech soon.
As a side note, on the fourth my friend Laura and I got to leave early to enjoy the holiday. I went out to Hampton beach with my roommate and family to have fun and watch fireworks. It was a really nice day once the sun went down and the heat went away.
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