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Good evenooning all. A few photos from today’s trip to the “Causses et Cévennes” national park which is a UNESCO world heritage site. As well as the mountains there are farmed plateaus at 1000 metres (~3000ft) cut through by deep river gorges. The scenery is spectacular.

Several years ago, 2 species of vulture (Black and Griffon) were reintroduced to the area. Not long after, Egyptian vultures pitched up of their own accord. This year Lammergeier (aka Bearded Vulture) were reintroduced.

We have been here a a few times and the numbers have much increased. We were very excited to see the Lammergeier too, so we saw all 4 species. Vultures are so rare in Western Europe. This is a major environmental success. [emoji4]

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Lammergeier left, Griffon right
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Causses farmland
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Good evenooning all. A few photos from today’s trip to the “Causses et Cévennes” national park which is a UNESCO world heritage site. As well as the mountains there are farmed plateaus at 1000 metres (~3000ft) cut through by deep river gorges. The scenery is spectacular.

Several years ago, 2 species of vulture (Black and Griffon) were reintroduced to the area. Not long after, Egyptian vultures pitched up of their own accord. This year Lammergeier (aka Bearded Vulture) were reintroduced.

We have been here a a few times and the numbers have much increased. We were very excited to see the Lammergeier too, so we saw all 4 species. Vultures are so rare in Western Europe. This is a major environmental success. [emoji4]

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Simply wonderful!!!
 

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Good evenooning all. A few photos from today’s trip to the “Causses et Cévennes” national park which is a UNESCO world heritage site. As well as the mountains there are farmed plateaus at 1000 metres (~3000ft) cut through by deep river gorges. The scenery is spectacular.

Several years ago, 2 species of vulture (Black and Griffon) were reintroduced to the area. Not long after, Egyptian vultures pitched up of their own accord. This year Lammergeier (aka Bearded Vulture) were reintroduced.

We have been here a a few times and the numbers have much increased. We were very excited to see the Lammergeier too, so we saw all 4 species. Vultures are so rare in Western Europe. This is a major environmental success. [emoji4]

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Some good looking mountains and rock formations there, let alone multiple species of vultures. Sounds and looks like a good day out. We have a ton of common vultures around here. They congregate in groups cleaning up all the road kill deer. Where we go crabbing there is a good flock of vultures that hang about waiting to pilfer the odd chicken neck or two. I should snap a pix too.

Keep your pix coming - wxr looks good!
 

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Good evenooning all. A few photos from today’s trip to the “Causses et Cévennes” national park which is a UNESCO world heritage site. As well as the mountains there are farmed plateaus at 1000 metres (~3000ft) cut through by deep river gorges. The scenery is spectacular.

Several years ago, 2 species of vulture (Black and Griffon) were reintroduced to the area. Not long after, Egyptian vultures pitched up of their own accord. This year Lammergeier (aka Bearded Vulture) were reintroduced.

We have been here a a few times and the numbers have much increased. We were very excited to see the Lammergeier too, so we saw all 4 species. Vultures are so rare in Western Europe. This is a major environmental success. [emoji4]

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Gorgeous
 

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I know = it breaks my heart to think of all those animals native to the Amazon being affected and wiped out.:(
The new president (or whatever he is) blamed for it because he is all for chopping more of the rainforest down for commercial use.:mad:
Our news cast today was: the leader is saying the farmers there are burning it to make him look bad politically...whatever...the news also said it's farmers clearing their land. Ok which is it? Put the dang fires out then.
 

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The first hatch!!! Why is always the wee ours of the morning??? .

Isn’t he cute?? Or maybe he aspires to be cute??? LOL... I’m so eggcited[emoji6] ( as much as one can be at 2am)
Congratulations. You're officially a duck mom.
 

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Well done. The colleges are used to this. When my daughter went to university, most of her group had to study an additional maths module because their maths wasn’t good enough. She had A Level Maths & Further Maths so she ended up helping her friends.
You actually just need a really good teacher that doesn't put you to sleep. My first algebra teacher, in the ninth grade, made it so simple. I wound up loving solving the problems so much that I would make up my own. Later she taught me geometry too with the same results. I was doing really well. The following year I had a different teacher. I'm not saying he was bad. I'm just saying his methods would make me want a nap and just made it all confusing
 

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You are using a Kane mat in the middle of August? What are the overnight temps, can’t be very low. I thought our Sully was a big baby! But at least overnight temps are mid 70’s. I’m sure you have it hooked to a thermostat, so all is good.
Yes it is hooked up to a thermostat. It keeps the box at about 82° at night.
 

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