This past week at the refuge has been a little slow. With the Biggest Week ending, the number of visitors has taken a significant drop. When there used to be 500 or so people coming through the visitors center on any given weekday, there are now at best 75. However, while the number of birders has decreased the number of school groups that have been coming in have increased a lot. Almost everyday this week there has been some sort of school function taking place on the refuge. This ranges from guided tours through the park, where park officials share their knowledge of not only the land but also the wildlife that they may encounter on their trip, or even the traditional classroom setting in which Biology classes will come out and do a day long class in the refuges learning center.
I spent the entire day thursday walking throughout the refuges 9,000 acres taking pictures as I went. I am amazed at how close you can get to so many birds and just as you are about to take the picture they fly away. To say the least I know have many blurry images with at most the tip of a wing in the frame. I have seen all sorts of wildlife from snakes to tortoises and birds of all kinds. This has been a great opportunity to see all sorts of wildlife.
While we only have two days left out in Oak Harbor we are excited to see what we will learn and experience in the coming days to wrap up our senior project.
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