My Capstone interview (Capstone blog post #3)

I’m very lucky. My interview process went by with little to no bumps.

I already knew where I was going for my site visit, we already went there a month ago to get some native plants for the birds and it wasn’t too far away. My mom wanted the interview and site visit to be at the same place, so we didn’t have to do any unnecessary driving. So, I just popped onto their website and couldn’t find the contact button. I went to school looking for help for my interview, then I found the contact button. I just found someone that I thought would be good to interview, based on my questions and their title.  They are a Senior Naturalist & Environmental Education Specialist, basically someone who educates people about how to observe and research birds without hurting them.  I emailed them telling them that I was interested in the topic for a project and I would like to interview them. He seemed happy that I was interested! We talked a bit and set up the interview for Saturday.

I went in assuming the answers to some questions and thinking that everything would go in order and go by quickly. Boy was I wrong. You shouldn’t assume anything might happen. I got different answers then what I was expecting, and we jumped around questions. My plan came crashing down because I was told (not in his actual words, just a slightly dramatic retelling) that no I cannot just say ‘It’s a white-throated sparrow because all sparrows have a second long trill and all white birds’ songs start with a chip!’ (P.S a white-throated sparrow doesn’t sound like that, it sounds like this White-Throated Sparrow Sounds Credit to LesleytheBirdNerd for the video)

Over all, the interview went pretty smoothly. After the interview, I walked away with answers to my questions and more information then I needed.

 

 

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