The new Grey Heron chick in the nest at the east end of the island could be heard more clearly today clattering its bill, begging to be fed. It was also slightly more visible.
The parent who left the nest flew down to the boat hire platform to do a bit of fishing.
There was also the sound of a chick from the upper nest, but nothing could be seen.
Mark Williams sent a picture of a heron in St James's Park about to swallow a huge chunk of Red Leicester cheese he had given it.
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Two Cormorants posed under the Italian Garden.
Pigeon Eater, now in his smart summer plumage, knows he is the best looking gull in the park and is careful to keep himself immaculate.
The Czech Black-Headed Gull, who is king of his patch on the other side of the lake, was striding around shooing off the other gulls.
There are still no Redwings on the Parade Ground. A Jackdaw called as it looked for worms in the mud. It was probably summoning more to share the feast. They are social birds.
A pair of Egyptian Geese stood together on one of the surviving patches of grass.
I hadn't see the Robins in the Flower Walk by Queen's Gate for several days, but today the one from the north side of the path came out to be fed.
A Coal Tit followed me from there up to the Round Pond ...
... where morning sunshine brought the female Little Owl out on to her usual horse chestnut tree.
At Mount Gate one of the Coal Tit pair ...
... and several Blue Tits came out of the bushes.
The female Chaffinch at the bridge was also waiting.
A Starling shone in the sunlight on a table at the Lido restaurant.
A Wood Pigeon near Peter Pan was lurching about in a patch of ivy trying to find the last uneaten berries.
The Dell is carpeted with snowdrops.
A large amount of cheese like that is surely unhealthy for a Heron, and consuming more than it should. Natural foods provide the right nutrients and protein desired. I personally wouldn’t feed a Heron cheese as I feel it would do more harm than good, with the digestion issues of lactose intolerant and is simply a waste of good cheese.
ReplyDeleteSean
Herons can and will eat anything and seem to thrive on it.
DeleteShe seems to be in so much bliss sunning herself!
ReplyDeleteI am having a hard time reconciling the morose, sullen, solitary Herons I see over here being such good and devoted parents. And downing a block of cheese, no less. Astounding.
Tinúviel
I had an old friend who worked in a hotel, and used to bring the leftovers from the hotel breakfast for the herons. One of them ate a whole pound (450 g) of sausages in one go. But a heron could swallow a fish heavier than that, as we sometimes see.
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