Cooling towers above my other priorities

ULY represented the finale to this breeding season, with exciting developments and of course the regular let-downs that come with bird-breeding. I had previously mentioned that two greenfinch x bullfinch hybrids were developing. However, when the UK’s worst recorded heatwave hit, I made the sad discovery that the two chicks had died in the shell only days before they were due to hatch. Thankfully, I only experienced