My presentation went somewhat awkwardly but well. There were only two sophomores and Dawn, so I did not have much of an audience. I explained to them the daily work that I have been doing (which consisted mainly of my cleaning schedule) as well as some of the things I did in my free time, like tame birds. I received no questions from anybody in the group other than "can I hold that bird", as everything I explained was believed to be relatively straightforward. I was most excited to tell them about the birds that had been successfully tamed down to some degree, mainly mango, the lovebird, and lemon, the budgie, who today, I learned has the capability to talk very well. This is largely because I am proud to have tamed and trained a lovebird, because usually, lovebirds are insane when untamed. They typically like to shred papers, make chirping noises, and occasionally throw things. Mango was different. He/She was very unused to the new environment, which I believe made him more timid. I took advantage of this by introducing myself as a friend and showing him I am not a threat by taming him. And thus began his training.
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My project went very well and was so easy to finish I am having trouble finding things to write about regarding it. My project was to set up a cage to be taken home with a single, or a pair of lovebirds. I probably had the easiest project in all of the 11th grade. Each cage comes with a set of four dowel rod perches, I left one to be set up by the future owner of the cage, as well as adding a natural wood perch to one side. The only real thing that stands out to me is how astoundingly easy it was. One Thing I think I should have done differently is maybe add some bedding in with it along with filing a couple of the cups with food.
After my internship concludes, I am planning on doing volunteer work for Birdsmart every Sunday for as long as I can, for a couple of reasons. One is that I could potentially start working there one day, but mostly because I enjoy the work I do there and the effect it has on others, which has proven to be positive. Another is because my parent is completely reluctant to "live with a bird in the house" and Lorna and Juan have been so kind as to allow mango to become a store bird, which means I can visit him anytime and do not need to pay for boarding, So I will be seeing him every Sunday or so. All of this is amazing but would be a lot more simple if my mom would just let me bring the bird home. My advice to future interns would be to choose something they would enjoy doing, preferably something they could get a job out of in the future. This is under the assumption that they are going to college. My idea is to give them an Idea of a job they could work after college, which will be easier if they have had relations to the store and/or store owner. As for advice on the internship part of internship, Pick something that you can have fun with while also having it be something practical for your future needs, this way its more difficult to loose work ethic, which Is important considering you'll be there for 4 1/2 weeks.
The thing I am definitely most thankful for is the chance to care for a bird for free, as I have wanted one for a very long time and continue to long for the companionship of a bird. I am also thankful for how flexible my mentor was. Sometimes I lost track of time and forgot to sift the stands, But Lorna always let that go so I could head home on time. As well as being given the opportunity to try and tame several birds, ending in a very large amount of bites that I have now lost track of. Not to many exiting things have happened in the last few days, No one has come in with a crazy amount of birds we before lacked and given them to us, some guy came In today and gave us 3 parakeets, which unfortunately I didn't take pictures of because I forgot of doing so. A man who was looking for a lovebird came in today, and wanted to buy mango, the lovebird I am going to take home, which makes him the third person to want to buy him, and I am allowed to take him and a bag of food home for free. My mom doesn't understand what shell be missing out on If we don't adopt him. |
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