tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post3958002845235110668..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-78271640155554491962017-06-16T05:57:24.864+01:002017-06-16T05:57:24.864+01:00It's what a psychologist would call displaceme...It's what a psychologist would call displacement activity.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-15198320832188045462017-06-15T21:18:24.284+01:002017-06-15T21:18:24.284+01:00It's normal for many birds with only one survi...It's normal for many birds with only one surviving chick to abandon it and start again. Several possible offspring rate more than one actual one. I have no idea what happened to the chicks on the Long Water. They are safer on their parent's back than most young water birds, but danger still threatens from every direction.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-17155492054506979122017-06-15T21:15:02.788+01:002017-06-15T21:15:02.788+01:00BTW, that bit of preening the young Crow does at t...BTW, that bit of preening the young Crow does at then end of the video when it's not managed to shell the peanut - my canary bird used to do that too. When it was stressed or frustrated, it would preen its feathers. Perhaps all birds do that as as self-soothing behaviour?TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-43340470774461068232017-06-15T21:12:08.221+01:002017-06-15T21:12:08.221+01:00Great videos! They do make the blog even more inte...Great videos! They do make the blog even more interesting.<br /><br />Poor little Grebe. Is it normal for the parents to lose interest in it when it's not yet fully developed? I have hope that it'll make it though.<br /><br />Naive that I am, I was content thinking that Great Crested Grebe chicks would be safe while carried on their parent's back. What happened to the poor chicks?<br /><br />Yep, that Jackdaw looks plenty annoyed.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com