Please take it

The male bird offers nesting material to the female. When this is accepted, the couple can start mating. Couple of great crested grebes during the beautiful display of courting. Schardam, North-Holland, Netherlands.

Noord-Holland, Nederland

Author: Steppeland - Lutgarde De Brouwer

Steppeland

Photo size: 0.7 Mpixels (1.91 MB uncompressed) - 667x1000 pixels (2.2x3.3 in / 5.6x8.5 cm at 300 ppi)

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Published in: Looking back on 2021 - Steppe's favourites