tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post4349664148387843656..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-82755745879692798192019-02-07T21:12:04.864+00:002019-02-07T21:12:04.864+00:00No one has told me about this. But I do have two p...No one has told me about this. But I do have two pictures, a few years old, of two Tawny owlets eating the upper and lower halves of a parakeet.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-11963582888209726042019-02-07T16:14:27.041+00:002019-02-07T16:14:27.041+00:00I was told of a study of the contents of Tawny Owl...I was told of a study of the contents of Tawny Owl pellets in Hyde Park which said they contained lots of bright red psittacid beaks. HarryGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09523424632142627975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-59896039857711742802019-02-06T23:33:38.281+00:002019-02-06T23:33:38.281+00:00There must be some pre-Christian urge to touch sta...There must be some pre-Christian urge to touch statues, I think. Like throwing money into water, which people do in the little pool at the top of the Dell waterfall.<br /><br />Much as I would love to see an Eagle Owl in the park, it would terrify all the small birds, and much would be lost. The parks' Tawny Owls have been seen taking parakeets, and so have Peregrines, Sparrowhawks and even one Hobby. I have even seen a Carrion Crow kill one. But they don't take enough to make a difference to the growing population.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-2122708376753720932019-02-06T23:13:27.114+00:002019-02-06T23:13:27.114+00:00What a strange habit on the part of the dog owners...What a strange habit on the part of the dog owners. Is it similar in intention to when people rub parts of a saint's statue for luck? (or is that a thing only Catholics do?).<br /><br />Love to see the first goslings of the season. They are so cuddly and pretty. Their parents look attentive, but I'm not very sanguine about their chances, sadly.<br /><br />I will say it once more: an Eagle Owl would be the very thing to cut parakeets down to size. Literally and figuratively. Spanish airports employ falconers to scare birds off runways. Eagle Owls spell terror for all small birds.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com