tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post2611633539833340100..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-30000487909907287632016-08-15T00:48:26.890+01:002016-08-15T00:48:26.890+01:00Thanks for the information. Sensible of them to st...Thanks for the information. Sensible of them to stay on the island. I found them on the south bank too, east of the reed bed that is east of the Lido.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-68922839575042289752016-08-14T21:02:43.279+01:002016-08-14T21:02:43.279+01:00The tufted mother tends to be on the south bank of...The tufted mother tends to be on the south bank of the lake every early morning, I feed them and they go back to the island. There are more seagulls there right now ( harmless to the baby ) than herring gulls and the brown herring gulls are still juvenile and not skilled enough yet to swoop onto a chick. He is very smart though and dives in anytime he sees danger, unlike mallard ducklings. I think he has got a fair chance as it is the right time of the year when herring gulls mostly go away and are gradually replaced by seagulls.Jennanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-87779728268750177202016-08-14T20:42:48.851+01:002016-08-14T20:42:48.851+01:00Sufficiently shiny and they will doubtless see the...Sufficiently shiny and they will doubtless see themselves reflected.Dom Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-80475986401054287652016-08-14T20:38:42.551+01:002016-08-14T20:38:42.551+01:00It's the same as with Great Crested Grebes. Th...It's the same as with Great Crested Grebes. The most beautiful bird that one of them can imagine is one that looks exactly like itself. And if it works, why not?Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-15613673943427200132016-08-14T20:26:06.097+01:002016-08-14T20:26:06.097+01:00What lovely iridescence in the Starling's plum...What lovely iridescence in the Starling's plumage! I've never been able to find out why they, males as well as females, shine so much all-year round. Corvids are glossy because they need to be seen from afar, but why Starlings?<br /><br />Great news about the duckling. Both mother and baby look so heartbreakingly vulnerable and fragile next to the massive gulls.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com