Great Crested Grebe nesting at the University of York.
Girlies had taken me Grebe hunting today and I was delighted to find a second nest, this one quite close to the edge of the lake and reasonably accessible through a bramble patch. Happily, this nest is well within the reach of my camera & tele-extender lens.
Mrs Grebe was somewhat disturbed by 2 Canada geese battling near her nest, but made no attempt to leave her eggs.
By 1860, there were fewer than 100 birds in Britain, now several thousand pairs nest and raise their striped chicks each year.
In 1889 a group of women formed the ‘Fur, Fin and Feather Folk’ in order to protest against the massacre of birds purely for clothing. Within one year the group had more than 5000 members. From 1904 this group was known as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), and is today one of Europe’s largest and most influential conservation charities, with over 1 million members. The great crested grebe has since expanded greatly in numbers and range, and is one of the most resounding conservation successes that Great Britain has known
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Nice hat

This sky where we live
Is no place to lose your wings.
So love, love, love.
Hafiz حافظ

Human beings are members of a whole,
In creation of one essence and soul.
If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.
If you have no sympathy for human pain,
The name of human you cannot retain.
Saadi

“Of one Essence is the human race,
thus has Creation put the base;
One Limb impacted is sufficient
For all Others to feel the Mace ”
—Saadi (1184–1283)

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