I began this project for Journey North and the UW-Arboretum with high hopes of finding an important correlation between the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird and ecology, seasonality, or phenology. What I found was something altogether different…
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Reflection #01: The Road thus far
It has been one year and two weeks since I started the Environmental Observation & Informatics (EOI) program, and it has been a positive experience.
I think it tiresome to list the skills and facts I’ve learned and attempt to impress with an outstanding Curriculum Vitae, so I will approach this reflection in a more personal voice, a dialog, or journal if the reader so choose. Let me begin:
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UW – Arboretum & Journey North
For my placement I will be working for the Journey North Program at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum, located in Madison, Wisconsin. This is an exciting opportunity as Journey North has led the way in citizen science observations of migratory species in North America for the past 25 years, and currently contributes over 50,000 sightings per year, making the both the Arboretum and Journey North’s shared mission to understand, preserve, and protect migratory species like the monarch butterfly and ruby-throated hummingbird possible.
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