Stock Doves investigated the Little Owls' hole in the dead tree at the Round Pond. There's never a hole they don't try to get into, and they must be a sore trial to owls everywhere.
It didn't matter to this owlet, as it was round at the back entrance.
An owlet at the Serpentine Gallery looked down from the top of the sweet chestnut tree where it was hatched.
A Dunnock sang briefly in a tree beside the Long Water. Most of the birds have stopped singing now that their chicks are fledged. Shortly after I took this picture, it was chased into a bush by one of its young.
A young Blackbird perched on a Chinese Water Fir in the Dell. Another could be heard in the bushes below.
A Carrion Crow in Rotten Row constantly pestered by two fledglings finally shooed them away.
A pleasing picture by Mark Williams of a young Long-Tailed Tit at the Welsh Harp reservoir.
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After the Coots with four chicks in the Italian Garden moved into a different fountain pool, the parents quickly built a second nest to provide a safe spot for them.
A pair of Egyptian Geese had five goslings on the gravel strip in the Long Water. This is their second brood this year after they lost the first.
The Mandarin and her single duckling, in their usual place by the Triangle car park, had a quiet moment to rest and preen. The wind was quite strong, so she moved round to the other side of the duckling to shelter it.
A Red-Crested Pochard drake at the Vista was going into eclipse, losing his fine bouffant hairstyle. He will soon have the same plumage as a female, though his red bill and eye will distinguish him.
Despite the wind a fox could bask in the sunshine in the sheltered Dell. It stayed alert, aware of people looking at it over the fence.
A Yellow-Bellied Slider terrapin was also basking on a fallen tree in the Long Water.
A female Emperor dragonfly laid eggs on a water lily leaf in the Italian Garden.
A Comma butterfly settled on a leaf beside the Long Water.
A Common Carder bee visited a thistle.
The Persian Catmint in the Rose Garden attracted Buff-Tailed Bumblebees.
Just a comment about birds singing. Have noticed that one of the juvenile robins at St James's park is not shy to demonstrate his(?) vocal abilities; am now struggling to remember if I have ever observed this behaviour before from a juvenile Robin or any other kind of little bird.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen that. Seems rather precocious. I suppose the urge to sing comes with the red feathers.
DeleteLuckily, I got a photo of the little darlings in mid-trill - will pass that on next time I am at the 'net cafe.
DeleteYou gotta love the parent Carrion Crow just loosing its patience, being ganged up by the annoying younglings. I saw something similar at my local park, with an adult Crow simply turning its back and gave its crying fledgling the cold shoulder! I think most people can relate to this behaviour. What a bonus to see the Red Fox.
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I'm seeing magpie parents everywhere trying to give a wide berth to handfuls of demanding younsters with their tails grown adult-length. Corvid youngsters must be exhausting.
ReplyDeleteTinúviel
I'm reminded of a mother I once saw in a queue saying to her whining child, 'I'm goin' to 'it you in a minute, and when I 'it you I'm goin' to 'it you 'ard.'
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