Swan Male Building Nest Size:16 by 24 inches and a "Tulipmania" followed where

and a "Tulipmania" followed where wealthy Dutch merchants outbid each other to purchase exotic Tulip bulbs with which to colorize and showcase their gardens

by draping dead Red Deer skins covered in deer blood on their backs as foals

from the western side of the Castle using an R5 Canon Camera

Dickon Pownall-Gray corrected

The picture was taken with a Canon R5 camera mounted with an RF 28 to 70mm lens set at f/8 at 25 seconds on a Peak Design tripod

Swan Male Building Nest Size:16 by 24 inches and a "Tulipmania" followed whereAlice and I, over several weeks, were impressed by how hard our male Swan worked to help in building the couple's nest. Hour after hour he would swim off hunting for twigs and reeds that he would carefully bring back to the edge of the nest. We never once saw him try to build the nest himself, trusting this responsibly to his beautiful mate who painstakingly, first built their nest of large twigs, then smaller twigs, and finally lined the nest with