Posts Tagged “2026”

2025 was a great year for me personally: I travelled far, took lots of photos, and got obsessive about tracking the many species I was interacting with.

However, that meant it wasn’t such a great year for the blog - in fact, for the first time I was under 30,000 words for the year. I’d like to change that, and so have a few grand goals for 2026.

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You’ve probably heard of slogans like “New Year, New You!” Well, presenting “New Year, New Nest!”

On New Year’s Day this year I was in the Warrnambool Botanic Gardens, and I saw a Eurasian coot trying to rebuild its nest. It had younglings demanding food and other things needing doing, but still kept at it. And there were some photos I wanted to share.

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