Last Day

On my last day of senior project I went through the normal routines. When I got there, I was sent to the Raptor Center to clean the bird cages. After doing that, I enriched them, by putting in newspaper balls that were either scented with peppermint, almond, or banana extract. Most of the birds were too focused on their food to acknowledge them, however Vinnie, our Turkey Vulture, did attempt to shred and eat it as if it was part of his meal. I guess he likes the smell of banana extract! After that, I returned to the animal center to clean some dishes and sweep and mop.  Once that was over it was basically lunch time! After lunch we finished up most of the chores and pretty much everything was done! So another senior project girl and I took out some popsicles that we had made a few days earlier. We gave two fish-ickles to the otters, Lucy and Linus. They got a HUGE kick out of them. They would roll around in the water trying to grab the fish out. After about 10 minutes of that the ice had melted enough that a fish was sticking out. So they grabbed the fish and dragged it out of the water so they could munch on them. It was about the cutest thing ever, so upset I didn't have a camera! We then gave some fruit-sickles to Scarlet, our red fox, the deer and the crows. Then for the last half hour of my last day, I sat and cuddled with Dora, our Virginia Opossum. It was a very nice last day!