Intern Account: Louise:
"I woke up earlier than usual for work this morning. But it was well worth it, after all, we were taking a chopper to work. I couldn't complain. We landed on the stony shores of Moku Iki to commence our restoration of the bird sanctuary islet. We watched as the helicopter disappeared and reappeared like a small house fly in the sky; it carried the native plants we would spread around Moku Iki. Heather and I collected arthropods with butterfly nets and put them into containers for identification later. Digging in the dirt was somewhat difficult as it was extremely arid and rocky. I managed to successfully plant and hydrate several native plant species. Fortunately, all this could be accomplished because the birds had not yet come back to nest on the islet, so we did not have them to contend with. After a hard day's work, our islet restoration on Moku Iki came to a productive conclusion."