Apr 8, 2013
When being accepted as an intern at MARS I have never been more excited. I applied here to gain hands on experience with birds and mammals after a long five years of book work at post secondary. I had no idea what to expect, but coming from northern Ontario, a...
Apr 8, 2013
My time at Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society was a life changing experience. As a lifelong resident of rural western Washington, I have always loved the environment in which we live. However, before coming to MARS I did not appreciate the wide array of birds of this...
Apr 8, 2013
Spending 6 weeks living at the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society was certainly a drastic change from my life in downtown Vancouver. Despite many challenges, it was an incredible experience, one which I will never forget. The people, animals, and location combined made...
Apr 8, 2013
To quote Maj Birch, I will remember all aspects of my 8 week internship with Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society “fawn-dly.” For approximately 6 weeks of my time at MARS we had five hungry fawns to feed beginning with 5 times a day, which was then cut down...
Apr 8, 2013
My internship at the Mountainaire Avian Rescue was an incredible experience. I had no knowledge about birds in Canada; I did not know what robins were, and had never seen real owls at home in Japan. No hummingbirds are found in Japan either. All changed after two...
Apr 8, 2013
My internship at MARS was an amazing 2 month experience, I came in not knowing what to expect and came away with so much more than I could possibly have imagined. You learn so much in such a short time, you don’t realize how much learning you actually do. Entering the...
Apr 8, 2013
Summarizing my two months at MARS is going to be much harder then I thought as I could probably write at least a page for each day. I think that says a lot about my experience here and how much I have learned in the skills of animal care, my knowledge of birds and...
Apr 8, 2013
When I applied for the internship at MARS I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect. All I knew was that I would be spending most of the summer away from my boring life in the city and that I’d be working with one of my passions in life, birds. I’ve...
