tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post3606756218219228483..comments2024-03-28T20:29:39.377+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-79335592006735715872017-02-22T23:21:40.914+00:002017-02-22T23:21:40.914+00:00I wouldn't know.I wouldn't know.<br />Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-26583020243458745382017-02-22T04:28:44.374+00:002017-02-22T04:28:44.374+00:00I think the bit above the budgerigar's bill is...I think the bit above the budgerigar's bill is called a cere. On this bird it was a bit crusty-looking, and people were speculating about whether it was OK. But on looking it up, it seems that female budgerigars get crusty in the breeding season (like some people).Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-52409218822349327052017-02-22T00:11:15.011+00:002017-02-22T00:11:15.011+00:00lovely photo of the pair of owls!lovely photo of the pair of owls!Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-73032129397224750172017-02-22T00:09:17.050+00:002017-02-22T00:09:17.050+00:00By the way,in case nobody knows (or cares): that b...By the way,in case nobody knows (or cares): that budgerigar looks like a female, as far as I can make out the bit above the beak (with the 'nostrils', not sure what that's called). In males it's blue, in females a sort of dull pink, surprisingly. Lucky thing, if it met up with , and gets on with the parakeets. When I was small, I knew a colony of escaped budgies in a nearby wood. They seem to cope with northern European winters as well as the parakeets? Of course they're much happier in flocks , than alone in a cage.Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-82995667992347713622017-02-21T21:24:53.752+00:002017-02-21T21:24:53.752+00:00We saw four Great Crested Grebes last weekend in o...We saw four Great Crested Grebes last weekend in our trusty local pond. They were all in lovely nuptial finery, but didn't seeem inclined to display. <br /><br />How pretty that blue Budgy is! Was it very hungry? Perhaps the poor thing hadn't had anything to eat since escaping.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com