Final Report Draft Completion

Today in class, I completed and turned in a rough draft of my final written report.  I say completed because upon my arrival to class, I realized that I had neglected to cite several of the sources I had used to research bat houses, the most important one being an informal interview I had with the volunteer coordinator and animal care supervisor at Bat Zone in which she gave me a lot of good advice about building and hanging bat houses and gave me a lot of good information about why bat houses are so important.  My teacher was generous enough to allow me to fix it and turn it in.

Final Report

Today I began the rough draft of my final report.  I am about half way done and the draft is due to be edited by my teacher on the 13th.  I feel that I am in a very secure spot and expect to finish over the weekend and have plenty of time to edit.  Once it is returned, I will make sure to make improvements in accordance with my teacher's recommendations before turning it in at the end of the semester.

December 1, 2012 - Finishing the Bat Houses

Today, I finished all of my bat houses.  I left them to dry from last week, so this week I simply had to repeat the process and paint front and back with several hours in between to dry.  After I was sure that they were completely dry after the second coat,  I took the houses down to check for any areas I might have missed, then restapled the mesh of the front of the house that I had to remove to paint under.  Finally, all three, large and two smalls, were complete.  I washed off the brushes and cleaned up the workbench.  Now, all I have to do is wait for the environmental planner from DTE to respond to my email (we have been corresponding over whether DTE can use my bat houses on their utility poles, for their customers or on their grounds).  During this project, I learned a lot, not only about bats and bat houses but about carpentry, communicating with people, and various forms of technology.  I feel it has been very beneficial to my further education.