tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post574607516194812101..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-55860374440402854452018-07-03T19:52:38.192+01:002018-07-03T19:52:38.192+01:00The Great Tits get their head feathers badly fraye...The Great Tits get their head feathers badly frayed by poking food down the throats of their ravenous young.<br /><br />The stripy heads of grebe chicks seem to be disruptive camouflage, like the dazzle paint on ships in the First World War. The result is that you don't (and a predator doesn't) see the shape of a small bird on the water.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-22575607780660865662018-07-03T19:46:50.361+01:002018-07-03T19:46:50.361+01:00Thanks. Have changed the text.Thanks. Have changed the text.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-76849069390747660472018-07-03T00:20:36.049+01:002018-07-03T00:20:36.049+01:00I really cannot tell butterflies apart. Brrr. It&#...I really cannot tell butterflies apart. Brrr. It's much harder than IDing waders.<br /><br />Poor great tit looks frazzled and dishevelled. I would consider infanticide, but birds are made of sterner stuff.<br /><br />I suddenly realized that, much as I love stripy heads, I do not know which purpose the stripy design serves. Any theory? Is it camouflage, is it a way to be visible to parents?TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-37018576633476356102018-07-02T20:37:29.139+01:002018-07-02T20:37:29.139+01:00That's not a Meadow Brown, it's a Gatekeep...That's not a Meadow Brown, it's a GatekeeperBuzzboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15917951791809144992noreply@blogger.com