They didn’t think about how the baby coots would get back on to the boat once they’d fallen off. We even built a ramp, but they probably didn’t understand what it was. SO now, first baby was born on Saturday and was very active on Sunday when we fished him out of the water back [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2009’
the coots are breeding
I’m catching up slightly here because a lot has happened in the past five weeks and we’ve only just created this outlet. So, basically, about six weeks ago we woke up one morning to find a single egg poised on the back of the boat where there is a small ledge. We laughed at the [...]
the magpie
I was sitting at my desk tapping on my laptop keyboard. It was a sunny afternoon and there was a light breeze. I thought: ‘how nice to be working on the boat’. Then I heard some pitter-pattering and a dull clack from outside. I carried on working. ‘It’s probably just a friendly badger or somesuch [...]