Around the animal department, everyone has little things that they get strange satisfaction from doing. Cassidy enjoys scrubbing really dirty walls and then rinsing them clean. Larry finds satisfaction in the battle of wills involved when picking donkey hooves. Kent enjoys feeding snakes and injecting air into dead mice so that they float for the alligators to eat. Katy always insists on being the one to scoop poop in the wolf yard, and Marilyn always likes to be the oneRead more
Posts tagged: #Erin
Buildin’ Stuff
If it looks like it’s going to be a fairly normal week (which rarely happens, mind you), then there’s usually time for some unplanned project time. A “fairly normal” week would include: normal staffing (no one out sick, out on vacation, or otherwise unable to perform as usual), no holidays, no hurricanes/tornadoes/snowstorms/torrential downpours, no huge planned projects or deliveries or special cleans requiring a lot of the keepers, no special events at the Museum (such as Birdapalooza or Wild AboutRead more
A Trip to the Wetlands
The plan was simple. Larry and Katy would put on chest-high waders and wade out to the current wood duck nesting box to take it down. Jill would take the row boat from the other side of the wetlands and (with one paddle) meet them and put the nesting box in the boat. Then they would row to an area of the wetlands that was less dense and install the nesting box there, hoping to increase the chance of theRead more
What’s Happening THIS Week!?!?!
WRITTEN BY GUEST BLOGGER ERIN BROWN 12/31/08: What’s Not Happening This Week. Last week I talked about how hectic it was around the Animal Department for the holidays. This week is no different. The museum is closed New Years day, and since it is a holiday, there will only be two keepers working. Since basically all that’s going on this week is some more crazy holiday preparation to make sure our keepers are all set for New Year’s week, IRead more
What’s Happening THIS Week!?!? A Weekly Look Into the Busy Life of a Keeper
WRITEN BY GUEST BLOGGER ERIN BROWN 12/23/08: Holiday Preparation! Oh the sights, sounds, and smells of the holidays are in the air! Pig is sitting by the heat lamp wrapped in a blanket, the possum is sleeping soundly in the hay, dreams of sugar plums (or just regular plums) are dancing in the bear’s heads, and the keepers are all a-twitter with their coming vacation days. With this last one brings the other feeling that is floating in the airRead more
Spotlight: Erin Brown
Erin is the Museum’s only animal keeper assistant. She spends most of her time taking care of the animals in Carolina Wildlife as well as the animals used for education programs. You’ll rarely get a chance to see her because she’s hard at work behind-the-scenes, or if you do see her she is behind glass in one of the exhibits cleaning. On Thursday mornings, however, you might actually get a chance to see her not behind glass as she helpsRead more