A Birding and Photography Update!I've gotten to see a lot of great birds lately! After a couple weeks of having no new lifers, I've been able to add a few to my list:White Ibis: This was my first time seeing a White Ibis since I...
Welcome to my blog! Hello and welcome to my final blog post of my internship. While I’m sad to say that this will be the last, I am incredibly grateful for the opportunities that have been presented to me and all the wonderful work I’ve gotten...
At an end? This is my last required blog. What the heck. I’ve got so much still to go, what do you mean we’re ending soon??? Wack. I hope to get out another blog right at the end of the program to talk about how most...
Cuyahoga Valley's Beaver Marsh In my intro blog, I discussed how inspirational I found this park. In particular, I mention the Beaver Marsh and its success story. Turns out, I was wrong. Well, not WRONG, but not fully informed. The real story about this jewel in...
My name is AG Yurkutat and I am so excited to be a Let's Go Birding intern for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument this summer! I am a student at William & Mary majoring in Integrative Conservation and minoring in Geospatial Analysis....
This summer at Rocky Mountain National Park as a Let's Go Birding Intern has been both a rewarding and a learning experience. Whether it was staffing the visitor centers, bird sits, bird walks, or presenting my amphitheater talk, I felt I was making a difference,...
Hi everyone! For those who have stayed with me, we made it through the summer (and the internship) together. But honestly, I can’t believe the time went by so quickly. It feels like just yesterday I was trying to figure out how to pack one suitcase...
Hello again, everyone! I didn’t realize I’m already at my second-to-last blog post, and I have just one more week of the internship left. The summer truly has flown by. I’m back in Florida, working remotely, which is actually perfect, as this week’s topic is online resources...
We have all been waiting for the World Migratory Bird Day Main Event hosted by the Let's Go Birding interns, Irlanda Moreno and Connor Chilton, at Rocky Mountain National Park. With the success of our first WMBD event with REVEL, they returned to enjoy the...
My first time with the Elk Bugle Corp was a memorable, learning experience. It coincidentally took place, September 4th which marked the 110th anniversary of when Rocky Mountain National Park became a National Park. I felt honored to represent RMNP while promoting safety and educating...