tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post7263219669816971019..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-85716123889280752622015-11-23T19:54:06.535+00:002015-11-23T19:54:06.535+00:00Thanks for the information. I've also seen Bla...Thanks for the information. I've also seen Black-Headed Gulls landing on the backs of Mute Swans during a feeding frenzy, but for only a moment and I have never managed to get a picture of it.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-29250144342582052382015-11-23T16:08:19.206+00:002015-11-23T16:08:19.206+00:00Ralph - with reference to your Herring Gull attack...Ralph - with reference to your Herring Gull attacking the Canada Goose to get at the food, I saw a similar (although not aggressive) situation whilst trying to feed a loan timid male Mute Swan with digestive biscuits in front of the Peter Pan area. More than once a Blackheaded Gull landed on the back of the Swan trying to lean forward and grab the food from him but to no avail. The gull stood quite still and the swan never reacted to it being there on its back! I would have loved a picture but my hands were occupied in the feeding.<br /><br />MarieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-45451950500806358252015-11-22T19:57:32.813+00:002015-11-22T19:57:32.813+00:00Thinking of those Coot fights where half a dozen o...Thinking of those Coot fights where half a dozen of them suddenly start trying to murder each other for no reason at all, I think the prize has to go to Coots. The Black Swan just wants his Lebensraum.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-14655460990463719932015-11-22T18:55:31.662+00:002015-11-22T18:55:31.662+00:00A pleasing portrait in black! Do you think that co...A pleasing portrait in black! Do you think that coots may be even more ill-tempered and aggressive than the Black Swan? Thank God they are smaller, in that sense.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com