tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post1706182590567458857..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-58561769065308897802017-08-11T20:12:46.627+01:002017-08-11T20:12:46.627+01:00Interesting question. In this case the Cormorant w...Interesting question. In this case the Cormorant was making such a frantic effort to swallow the pike that it wouldn't have been possible to see whether the pike was still struggling. But generally fish do stop moving when they are being swallowed. I don't know why.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-80359937742728385842017-08-11T06:14:10.806+01:002017-08-11T06:14:10.806+01:00Cool blog and captures here! I initially noticed y...Cool blog and captures here! I initially noticed your "cormorant vs pike" shots. That seems to be some 3-way struggle between competitors and (aren't pike predatory fish with sharp teeth?) quite a large fish! <br /><br />So in the end the cormorant pictured with the fish was really able to outmaneuver the other bird and gulp down that entire thing down okay?? Does the pike put up a good fight, if eaten, does the unlucky prey get swallowed wriggling all the way as well?!<br /><br />-KyleUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038770845184022437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-68840993947006283802016-11-04T12:36:20.984+00:002016-11-04T12:36:20.984+00:00That's OK, no one will get around to building ...That's OK, no one will get around to building any.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-87052920621877680892016-11-04T12:09:57.653+00:002016-11-04T12:09:57.653+00:00Presumably bio-digestion plants will not hold quit...Presumably bio-digestion plants will not hold quite the same attraction.Dom Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-31230013822134917392016-11-03T20:05:45.527+00:002016-11-03T20:05:45.527+00:00This is certainly true, but another factor in the ...This is certainly true, but another factor in the spread of gulls inland has been the creation of large landfill sites for the increasing amount of human rubbish. They are gull paradises, and many of our gulls, especially Black-Headed, go there to breed in summer.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-77508729727578818872016-11-03T19:29:04.171+00:002016-11-03T19:29:04.171+00:00I don't know if it may be relevant - when I fi...I don't know if it may be relevant - when I first visited England I was surprised by the abundance of what I thought were Seagulls (Herring and Yellow-legged Gulls mainly) living, as it seemed to me, in landlocked places. The guide said that no place in England is very far away from the sea, and that was why there were Seagulls everywhere.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-71311078955860819972016-11-03T18:08:10.932+00:002016-11-03T18:08:10.932+00:00Presumably it came up the Thames estuary and found...Presumably it came up the Thames estuary and found it getting narrower and narrower, and didn't know where to go.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-15468721494017039992016-11-03T18:06:53.168+00:002016-11-03T18:06:53.168+00:00I suppose that once the pike is swallowed it can&#...I suppose that once the pike is swallowed it can't open its jaws. But it did seem a very dangerous meal.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-90659860276306691302016-11-03T11:04:40.030+00:002016-11-03T11:04:40.030+00:00That gannet is clearly *very lost. I always under...That gannet is clearly *very lost. I always understood them to be very land-phobic; I've seen gannets in the Hebrides heading south from Tarbert to fly round the tip of the Isle of Harris, a good 4 or 5 miles of detour, to avoid crossing a couple of hundred yards of isthmus - a distance short enough for Vikings to portage longships over - with a sea-loch visible on the other side from where they are. harryghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184350321693687780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-48874492313350597872016-11-03T07:34:42.790+00:002016-11-03T07:34:42.790+00:00Wow! How do cormorants avoid damage to their innar...Wow! How do cormorants avoid damage to their innards from a struggling pike?Dom Gnoreply@blogger.com