tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post3530907961748887675..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-83406755631900270512018-03-26T22:42:39.745+01:002018-03-26T22:42:39.745+01:00The call would carry some distance. It didn't ...The call would carry some distance. It didn't occur to me that I might be hearing more than one bird. I wondered if it was a pretence at being a variety of owl. I realise I must have heard it many times and assumed it was owl(s) in mid-distance. JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-91593360137146091552018-03-26T01:17:57.037+01:002018-03-26T01:17:57.037+01:00Their flight is nocturnal and surreptitious, so it...Their flight is nocturnal and surreptitious, so it was well done to hear it. I suppose they must call to keep the flock together. They do go quite some distance. Since the project of ringing Coots in the park started, one ringed bird has been reported in Gloucestershire.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-61688279933880720372018-03-26T00:07:59.331+01:002018-03-26T00:07:59.331+01:00This evening I learnt to identify (well I'm 95...This evening I learnt to identify (well I'm 95% sure) the crepuscular flight call of a coot. It's more musical and plaintive than the regular excitement call, 1-3 notes then an interval. The moorhen equivalent is similar but higher pitched. JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-54016509213573914202018-03-25T21:14:00.902+01:002018-03-25T21:14:00.902+01:00The female Little Owl looks very victorious today....The female Little Owl looks very victorious today. Perhaps she had triumphed over the confused Mallards.<br /><br />Coots are like orcs in many respects. Well, orcs were the worse architects.Tinúvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-68509387708893065112018-03-25T19:23:33.411+01:002018-03-25T19:23:33.411+01:00I saw a male coot chasing a female today in a diff...I saw a male coot chasing a female today in a different park. The chase resulted in the pair mating but it wasn’t very romantic Ian Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805150608243315063noreply@blogger.com