tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post7134524410044926795..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-84068589681103838452013-09-29T00:12:34.002+01:002013-09-29T00:12:34.002+01:00The stones in the bird's gizzard must be able ...The stones in the bird's gizzard must be able to break the crayfish's carapace, I suppose, or there would be no point in eating it. The acid in its stomach would help too. Grebes also eat feathers, either their own that come off when preening or floating feathers that they find, and these wrap up the sharp bits and prevent damage to its intestines.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-54275663608355537762013-09-28T23:01:15.780+01:002013-09-28T23:01:15.780+01:00Amazes me how how water fowl like Grebes can eat s...Amazes me how how water fowl like Grebes can eat something as spiky as crayfish. (And those claws!) How do they deal with it? Cast-iron gullets?Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-82541654321769878322013-09-28T21:43:11.990+01:002013-09-28T21:43:11.990+01:00Thank you for all the Grebe updates and photos. I ...Thank you for all the Grebe updates and photos. I had to take a train from Paddington this morning so got to London in time to visit the Park and see all the Grebe families and noisy chicks (and still caught my train!)Ian Youngnoreply@blogger.com