tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post3686605229425170800..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-65973981792020286562018-02-14T23:19:26.041+00:002018-02-14T23:19:26.041+00:00Yeah, that's what Konrad Lorenz said. That mou...Yeah, that's what Konrad Lorenz said. That mourning doves and doves are true merciless beasts when fighting. Defeated wolves and dogs will concede and bare their necks and the winner will stop, but doves and mourning doves will continue pecking away until death.<br /><br />Whoever chose the dove as the symbol of peace was addled.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-56984579509619197222018-02-14T22:53:04.118+00:002018-02-14T22:53:04.118+00:00Oh dear, reminded of the Olympics at Seoul in 1988...Oh dear, reminded of the Olympics at Seoul in 1988, when the released white doves of peace flew into the big Olympic flame and were incinerated. Not that doves are peaceful, they fight savagely.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-30010165362590023212018-02-14T22:44:49.988+00:002018-02-14T22:44:49.988+00:00Remarkable picture of the heart-shaped Gull's ...Remarkable picture of the heart-shaped Gull's beak. One if more apt to think of the Valentine Day massacre when thinking of gulls' inclinations though. Good to see that both Pigeon Killers are alive and well (well, I guess pigeons would take a dimmer view of it). I was starting to worry.<br /><br />The first time I witnessed Yellow Legged Gulls hunting pigeons by bludgeoning them to death was in the Northwestern corner of Spain. It seems that the behaviour is spreading eastward. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Hgw0LFK88" rel="nofollow">Italian Gulls seem to have caught on as well</a>, defying even the Pope's authority.<br /><br />Lovely little video of the cheery Great Tit! Spring cannot be very far.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com