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Nature Story: Duck-minoes
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Nature Connection with Rebecca: Letters of Wonder from My Ecosystem to Yours π August 23, 02026 Dear friends, Today I have a silly little nature story to share with you. This week I was walking along the shore of Onondaga Lake with a few friends, and we came across a small row of Mallards resting on rocks and logs that were in the water under the shade of a large tree. They had their heads tucked into their wings and their tails facing us. We were all "aww"ing over how cute they were, in the dappled sunlight on this lazy afternoon. But then our attention to drifted to something else for a minute, and when we looked back at the Mallards, something had changed. Now they were all awake and squabbling with each other! A couple of them faced each other and made little lunges toward each other with angry-sounding quacks, beating their wings. "Maybe one of them took a step, and that upset the whole balance," I wondered. (I guess it's also possible they were disturbed by our presence. I don't think we were close enough for that, but it's possible). Then we were joking about how they were like duck dominoes -- duckminoes. And we were joking about how we could make a game called Duckminoes, like dominoes but where all the dots are ducks. What's a nature story you've observed lately that involved an interaction between animals? You can respond and let me know if you like :) Or better yet -- tell it to a friend or family member! I believe that when you share a nature story, you are acknowledging and celebrating it, and keeping the aliveness of that moment going. Have a great day! ~Rebecca Rebecca Rolnick Writer, Naturalist, Educator βwww.rebeccarolnick.comβ βhttps://www.instagram.com/habitat_restoryation/β ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ P.S. One of my favorite Instagram accounts is __we_love_you_ . I love their new reel about Paying Attention. P.P.S. I'm hoping to have the energy to plan some zoom classes soon. Keep an eye out for more updates about that if you're interested. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Land Acknowledgement: This letter is sent from Syracuse NY, which is in the unceded ancestral lands of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudeonsaunee Confederacy. β¬β¬π²β¬β¬ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a 100% human-created newsletter. No AI was used in the outlining, writing, or editing of this letter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
Nature Connection with Rebecca
I'm a Nature Journal Teacher/ Nature Connection Mentor on a path of relearning how to be a human in reciprocal relationship with the interconnected web of life! Come along and geek out about all our nonhuman kin with me! :) πΈπ π¦π»π¦π¦πππ’π·πΈππππ¦π¦¨π¦π±π³ β(After you subscribe, make sure to go to your email to confirm your subscription! Otherwise you won't actually get my letters. π)
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