tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post3610136315859046136..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-49593895006200011192017-11-09T20:13:03.339+00:002017-11-09T20:13:03.339+00:00Eric Hosking was invading a wild Tawny Owl's n...Eric Hosking was invading a wild Tawny Owl's nest. He was really asking to be slashed.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-19841361217508283422017-11-09T16:58:30.753+00:002017-11-09T16:58:30.753+00:00Let's not forget Eric Hosking, owls can be dan...Let's not forget Eric Hosking, owls can be dangerous. JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-58855831644298914692017-11-09T00:14:09.226+00:002017-11-09T00:14:09.226+00:00It's a fine sign, and typically Australian -- ...It's a fine sign, and typically Australian -- in that land where even spiders can kill you, what will the owls do? A bit graphically confused, with the stylised running man and the fairly realistic owl, though I am worried about its feet with five oddly disposed toes. I would prefer a stylised frontal owl like the one on an <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/001-athens-dekadrachm-1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Athenian dekadrachm</a>.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-7567819511194354752017-11-08T23:58:20.805+00:002017-11-08T23:58:20.805+00:00Ralph, I think you are going to enjoy this sign:
...Ralph, I think you are going to enjoy this sign:<br /><br />https://i.redd.it/511nnaetqcwz.jpg<br /><br />That girl looks like Pallas Athena!<br /><br />TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-75227369976820711102017-11-08T20:46:26.770+00:002017-11-08T20:46:26.770+00:00Thanks. I was wondering what it was, but am deplor...Thanks. I was wondering what it was, but am deplorably ignorant about garden plants.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-6506152016070869132017-11-08T20:40:26.099+00:002017-11-08T20:40:26.099+00:00Hi Ralph- the plant the wasps are on is Fatsia jap...Hi Ralph- the plant the wasps are on is Fatsia japonica, a close relative of ivy. In fact there is a horticultural intergeneric hybrid between them: x Fatshedera.Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.com