What didn’t change after a year

In Ostoja Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

This story was written in a wildlife rehabilitation center called Pomorski Ośrodek Rehabilitacji Dzikich Zwierząt „Ostoja”. You can donate here to support Ostoja. The site is in Polish, but you can use the Google Translate browser plugin.

Coming back as a volunteer after a year, I wasn’t expecting much. I barely thought about the trip here due to many work-related and horseback-archery-related things going on just before I departed to Hejtus, where Ostoja is located.

Northern road from Hejtus. Photo by me.

Stork's presence in Pomieczyno. Photo by me.

Even though the beds are different and the camper isn’t there anymore, the bedding has a familiar feel to it.

The Ostoja Diet, which is my usual diet but without much meat due to limited refrigerator and cooking capacity took over again. Even if semi-instant protein pancakes were a new discovery in my arsenal of travel food.

What changed in one year

Feeding swifts is as problematic as it was. Photo by me.

Water birds are still my favourite. Photo by me.

What also didn’t change were some of the faces I expected to change. The girl volunteering just before my last year’s shift is now working in Ostoja, and the girl I shared the camper with arrived at the same time as I this year as well — and brought a friend.

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