Posts Tagged “Animal Encounters”
Some blogging goals for 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.
New year, new nest
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.
A duckling finds its way
I want to tell you the story of a duckling I saw the other day. There was nothing particularly remarkable about it, but it was very cute. It was walking along a concrete structure with its parent, then wasn’t able to follow said parent into the water. It ran back and forth cheeping with increasing distress, before eventually finding its way into the lake to the cheers of the human onlookers.
And that’s just one of many animal encounters I’ve had in the last week alone - some with other humans about, some by myself.