During the event, my job was to present birding activities and discuss future fishing events. I had two different birding activity sheets. One featured shadows to identify the bird. The other sheet featured parts of a bird and the parts of a feather. Knowing the parts of a bird can help determine the type of bird, especially when it is in flight. It was satisfying to apply what I learned at the Environment for Americas training to a real-world scenario. 

I had the pleasure of meeting Trevor Lamb, who also had a table at the event. His table featured Paleoethnobotany. Paleoethnobotany studies how people behaviorally and ecologically interacted with plants in the past. It was so interesting to speak with him about his studies as I had never deeply thought about how plants were used years ago and how that affects us today. The kids enjoyed looking through the microscopes he had set up and the coloring sheets of different plants he featured. One of the best things about this internship has been meeting new people and learning about their studies.