Yesterday, in the morning, I helped out in the bird hospital again. I did a lot of the same things I did last time like, observing feeding the birds, cleaning cages while the birds were being examined, laundry. I also washed the food bowls. In the afternoon I helped Mike clean up after a service group he had in the morning.
Today, I helped clean up a construction site for a new bird enclosure. Then, in the afternoon, Mike and I started painting the new enclosure.
My time at Danforth has been amazing. My first day I was able to hit the ground running, working in the greenhouses, receiving my own security badge and navigating the center on my own. Primarily I’ve helped around the lab, while the rest of my time has been spent creating a presentation for a seminar taking place this summer. In the next few days I will be testing and helping setup a VR system called Oculus Rift and researching more data for the presentation.
Today I did more manual labor. I helped with taking out the trash and recycling, as well as helped my supervisor, Mike, clear trees that were cut along the road. At the end of the day I got to see the feeding of the baby barn owls. That was my favorite part of the day.
For the first two days and Friday, I worked with two guys who helped repair the technology used at the garden. This included learning how to remote control computers with two different programs, resetting a printer to the proper settings, as it had gone back to default, and getting a hands on lesson in replacing a laptop screen.
On Wednesday, I followed around the telecommunications director as he set up new phones for people. A wireless access point, used to spread WiFi, had stopped working. We went to check it out, and learned that it had likely shorted due to water inside of the machine.
On Thursday, I spent the day with the firewall manager. He showed me some of the programs that are used to manage firewalls, and how to set them up. Most of this day was spent at the desk, unlike the other days where we went out into the field.
Yesterday I didn’t work a lot outside due to the weather. I did clear small trees that were cut down, but that’s really all I did outside. For the rest of the day I went back to the bird hospital. I got to observe bird exams, help label food containers, fold laundry, and observe med prep.
For the past four days, I have been helping out around Emmaus. I have one main supervisor, Angie, and she is overall showing me how the organization works. I am working mostly with the same three men and just spending time with them in their home. But, I am also visiting many other homes to meet all of the staff and clients. I am learning so much about all different kinds of physical and neurological differences. I have also attended a grief counseling meeting for the staff, toured a day program, and attended an all-staff debriefing meeting. Everything has been so inspiring and helpful so far.
Yesterday I got to shadow someone in the bird hospital. I also got more interaction with birds. Some of the things I got to do was observe feeding a baby great horned owl and other birds of prey, laundry, labeling food containers, cleaned cages and flight cages, I also observed how they handle sick or injured birds that people bring into the hospital.
Today I did more labor work. I raked more leaves, and loaded scrap metal and wood from old exhibits.
Hello fellow seniors. I hope you all had a good first day at your senior projects. On my first day at the World Bird Sanctuary I did mostly manual labor. Some of my tasks were taking out trash and recycling, clearing out brush, and raking leaves. I did, however, get to meet with one of the bird trainers there. She let my watch her fly a bald eagle, as well as help her train an augar buzzard to fly to strangers.
I am going to contact my sites and finalize the hours that I will be there.
I am going to email my coordinator at the World Bird Sanctuary, to get more detailed information about what I need to do to prepare for the work I am going to do with them.
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