Canada, Eh?

So quick recap cuz I wasn't able to post yesterday:

Monday we did physical exams on all of the birds. Everyone looked fine except for Aspen - she ended up opening up the old would on her amputated wing tip so we had to bandage her up.

Tuesday was an easy, laid back day. However, we finally received our Merlin! We know for sure that he's a boy now because he has some slate blue feathers coming in. He's a loud little guy, but we're still very excited to finally have him!

WEDNESDAY was my 21st birthday :) It was also a cruise ship day and we were swamped with people all day long. It was a lot of work, but it was also a lot of fun. Except for the part where Claire got up after I finished my presentation with Sarah and had all the people in the room sing "Happy Birthday," that part was unexpected and embarrassing (but also very thoughtful and nice). We then went out and celebrated my birthday at a place called Fireweed and I ordered my first legal glass of wine :) Afterwards, we came back to the apartment and the girls gave me a present - a brand new set of kitchen knives! (long story).

So now today:

Currently, I am in Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada. And right now, as I'm typing this post, I am babysitting a baby moose that had a run-in with some barbed wire :( I'm going to be spending the next two weeks at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve helping out Dr. Maria Hallock and the rest of the staff with what they do here. Lucky for me, summer is baby season! So I will be mostly helping out taking care of the baby animals that are born on the preserve. The Yukon Wildlife Preserve has about 750 acres of land, with about 250 acres viewable by the public. To my understanding, the rest of the land isn't really being in use right now. They currently house a great variety of animals: musk ox, moose, mountain goats, Dall's sheep, arctic foxes, caribou, mule deer, and lynx. It's a pretty cool place, but it sounds like I'm in for a lot of work!