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Week 10 - Spring Quarter
The quarter wraps up with four bird-window collisions total and many questions about why dark-eyed Juncos were the only birds that hit...

Dmitrius Rodriguez
Jun 7, 20221 min read
Week 9 - Spring Quarter
This was one of the busiest weeks I have ever experienced, but I was incredibly proud of the outcome and the things I got finished. We...

Dmitrius Rodriguez
Jun 7, 20221 min read
Week 5 - Spring Quarter
This week was one of the biggest weeks for our project! It was an exciting, sad, and intense moment to find our first bird carcass in...

Dmitrius Rodriguez
Jun 7, 20221 min read
Week 3 & 4 - Spring Quarter
Besides learning a lot about each other (the interns) and seeing a ton of Junco Nests, our goals were incomplete for this portion of the...

Dmitrius Rodriguez
Jun 7, 20222 min read
Week 2 - Spring Quarter
Finally, the protocol we had been developing for weeks is being used. We started this week with a clean-up day. As Kati and I did the...

Dmitrius Rodriguez
Jun 7, 20222 min read
Week 1 - Spring Quarter
This week we had the first meeting of the Spring quarter. It was exciting to introduce Grace and Kati to this quarter’s project. Kyle and...

Dmitrius Rodriguez
Jun 7, 20221 min read


Week 8,9,&10 Journal Entry - Winter Quarter
Considering it’s been a few weeks since my last journal entries, I’d like to showcase a few instances of success for the bird-window...

Dmitrius Rodriguez
Mar 10, 20224 min read
Week 7 Journal Entry - Winter Quarter
This week I have been thinking about how important a work ethic and general habits contribute to a finished product. Considering the way...

Dmitrius Rodriguez
Feb 18, 20222 min read
Week 5 & 6 Journal Entry - Winter Quarter
As the quarter becomes more intense, I begin to feel the pressure of meeting deadlines and creating thorough work on a daily basis. This...

Dmitrius Rodriguez
Feb 13, 20224 min read
Week 4 Journal Entry - Winter Quarter
This week as I begin to formulate ideas about our survey protocol for the UCSC bird-window collision project, I become curious about the...

Dmitrius Rodriguez
Jan 31, 20224 min read
Week 3 Journal Entry - Winter Quarter
On Tuesday the 18th of January, I went for a preliminary survey of the buildings at UCSC. I walked by buildings I knew were of interest...

Dmitrius Rodriguez
Jan 24, 20223 min read
Week 1 & 2 Journal Entry - Winter 2022
The first weeks of the bird-window collision internship have involved conducting a literature review with my peers. Our first meeting was...

Dmitrius Rodriguez
Jan 15, 20223 min read
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