tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post4930121477926753537..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-2138334892323774712017-10-19T00:21:48.536+01:002017-10-19T00:21:48.536+01:00The same change happens in the tail feathers of Bl...The same change happens in the tail feathers of Black-Headed Gulls.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-84641186328252400262017-10-18T21:37:20.118+01:002017-10-18T21:37:20.118+01:00Ah maybe you're right. Maybe it's some sor...Ah maybe you're right. Maybe it's some sort of early ageing effect like people in their 20's losing their ability to hear bats and for certain other feats. JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-36766410977846752992017-10-17T23:21:52.868+01:002017-10-17T23:21:52.868+01:00I don't know to what extent the stuff in our s...I don't know to what extent the stuff in our skies comes from wildfires in the Iberian peninsula, and to what extent it's sand said to be from the Sahara (which is an awfully long way off). You can't believe anything you hear on the news these days, no matter how uncontroversial the subject.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-91119799174813477372017-10-17T23:14:35.337+01:002017-10-17T23:14:35.337+01:00Are you sure about that? I have been searching the...Are you sure about that? I have been searching the web for pictures of Black Swans flying, concentrating on Australian and New Zealand images, and those with black-tipped flight feathers are in a small minority. I had been told that a Black Swan's first adult set of flight feathers is black-tipped and subsequent ones all white.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-6279596180078580212017-10-17T21:38:55.268+01:002017-10-17T21:38:55.268+01:00It seems to be that black swans with a good/natura...It seems to be that black swans with a good/natural diet have black tips to all their flight feathers which they can lose from too much bread etc, alas. JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-5316638597781732412017-10-17T15:29:17.627+01:002017-10-17T15:29:17.627+01:00I have been guilty on occasion of feeding bread cr...I have been guilty on occasion of feeding bread crumbs to all manners of birds while dining al fresco. The waitstaff would have disembowelled me if they only could, from the look of their faces.<br /><br />People in a northern town in Spain are saying that yesterday was the day with no dawn. There have been raging wildfires in the whole northwest of Spain and they couldn't simply see the light of day because of the smoke. I was put in mind, quite forcefully, of the Dawnless Day in The Lord of the Rings.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com