tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post9042023248686555843..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-15466069505047830582015-11-10T19:18:33.061+00:002015-11-10T19:18:33.061+00:00Silly me! Google "black mute swan hybrid"...Silly me! Google "black mute swan hybrid", the first two results. The bills do look neither one thing nor the other. JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-73764103834587297522015-11-10T02:07:45.601+00:002015-11-10T02:07:45.601+00:00I wonder what a Black/Mute Swan hybrid looks like....I wonder what a Black/Mute Swan hybrid looks like. By the rules of animal coloration, all black and all white are the final two stages of the breakdown of normal mottled, speckled or barred patterns -- like a female Mallard or a Greylag Goose. So probably a hybrid won't climb back up the process: it won't be grey, piebald or mottled.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-7829907499396200812015-11-09T20:55:52.078+00:002015-11-09T20:55:52.078+00:00Reportedly there have been a few instances in Brit...Reportedly there have been a few instances in Britain and elsewhere of Black and Mute Swans hybridising to make a "blute swan", but I couldn't find any pictures online of one. Jim n.L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-12338545043760294572015-11-09T20:42:05.479+00:002015-11-09T20:42:05.479+00:00Certainly the female Mute Swan is learning some ve...Certainly the female Mute Swan is learning some very poor manners from her boyfriend. He's a bad influence on her. Now seriously - is this going to end up in tears? I hope not...<br /><br />Wonderful picture of the massive Great Black Back. Nobody messes with the like of it.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-87311127488629195102015-11-09T18:47:02.916+00:002015-11-09T18:47:02.916+00:00Thank you. This species always seems to take me by...Thank you. This species always seems to take me by surprise.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-13245478221926917722015-11-09T18:28:35.783+00:002015-11-09T18:28:35.783+00:00It's again your old friend Stubble Rosegill, V...It's again your old friend Stubble Rosegill, Volvariella Gloiocephala!<br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com