tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post3571207384344883110..comments2024-03-29T00:20:48.433+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-70891561709792673002015-12-03T04:46:03.094+00:002015-12-03T04:46:03.094+00:00The Hoopoe has one of my favorite scientific names...The Hoopoe has one of my favorite scientific names---Upupa epops. It's just fun to say.<br />I'm glad to see the Mute Swan's recovering. Pretty speedy recovery, too.<br />My dad lived on a farm as a kid. He used to entertain himself by pouring buckets of water on ducks' backs to watch it run off. Pelagic birds are even more impressive in that regard... I volunteered in a study skin collection last summer and it's astounding how much oil leaks out over the years.Aritê gunê Akasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619166885106439477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-58813156561761988782015-12-03T01:57:14.057+00:002015-12-03T01:57:14.057+00:00Congratulations on yet another fun informative blo...Congratulations on yet another fun informative blog post, including wonderful photos. I enjoyed the Long Tailed Tit photo in flight too. <br />That was a very interesting ramble into the Latin origins of the Turdus species names. Enjoyed it. Being Californian, we mostly have no Latin training. But I have always thought our American Robin name, Turdus migratorius, rather amusing. (Had a typo in the two above comment and couldn't edit, so deleted and corrected.) Did enjoy the foray into the Latin origins.<br />Johanna van de Woestijnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045404955308369929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-853274428156079452015-12-03T01:50:40.525+00:002015-12-03T01:50:40.525+00:00Thanks for your kind words. I see that T. migrator...Thanks for your kind words. I see that T. migratorius is another name given by Linnaeus himself; he must have been running low on suitable adjectives by then.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-1600102255677666242015-12-02T19:13:51.463+00:002015-12-02T19:13:51.463+00:00It's a mystery how the Black Swan came to be s...It's a mystery how the Black Swan came to be so tame. He seems used to park life but doesn't have a ring. My best guess is that his parents, in some park somewhere, managed to build a nest unobserved by the park keepers.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-9016044317172312802015-12-02T19:05:14.424+00:002015-12-02T19:05:14.424+00:00What a lovely picture of the Long Tailed Tit in mi...What a lovely picture of the Long Tailed Tit in mid-flight!<br />I'm very relieved that the injured Swan seems to be getting better. Thanks for updating.<br />The Black Swan's trusty and affectionate nature is such a wonderful surprise. But then, they do have a sixth sense, and know whom to trust.Tinúvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com