It looks as if Pigeon Eater reads this blog. After I complained that I hadn't seen him for three weeks, today he was back with a bang, enjoying a bloody lunch in his usual place at the Dell restaurant.
One of the new Grey Heron chicks on the island stood up in the nest.
A Cormorant climbed up a chain on to a post, spread its wings, and had a flap to help dry them.
The Great Crested Grebes from the east end of the island had a fond moment together.
For some time there has been a pair of Mallards in the Rose Garden wandering around looking for a nest site. Today the drake was alone, so evidently they've found one. This is probably the pair from the stream in the Dell.
Another welcome return: the Peregrines were circling high over Knightsbridge.
Two young Pied Wagtails were fed by a parent on the south shore of the Serpentine.
The first young Blackbird I've seen this year was in a tree north of Peter Pan.
The Robin pair by the Henry Moore sculpture were busy feeding their nestlings. We'll probably get a sight of them soon.
The male on the north side of the Rose Garden waited for pine nuts, took several, and carried them to his mate nesting in the bush below.
Long-Tailed Tits were coming and going at their nest near the Huntress fountain.
A Greenfinch wheezed and twittered in a holly tree by the Steiner bench.
The Little Owl at the Round Pond was on her usual high branch in the lime tree.
The pair seem to have abandoned their two horse chestnut trees, which are still very close to their new nest tree. A Magpie perched on the trunk of one.
A Honeybee flew to an allium flower in the Rose Garden.
A Common Drone Fly rested on a leaf in a pot of wallflowers at the Lido restaurant.
A Speckled Wood butterfly sunned itself on the path up the hill to the Round Pond.
A Australian Tree Fern, Dicksonia antarctica, in the Dell is putting out new leaves like little bishop's croziers.
It is always fascinating watching Pigeon Eater do his thing. Nothing but complete gorgeousness from the Grebes, and an interesting video of the young Pied Wagtail.
ReplyDeleteSean
There is a team coming from America to film Pigeon Eater, so for that reason among others it's a relief that he's still operating in his usual place.
DeleteSo Pigeon Eater has made it big time. His break through has paid off when you know you’ve reached the American dream. Would it be an actual broadcast channel or a team of enthusiastic amateurs at best..
DeleteSean
They're from PBS, so quite large. Thery also came for him last year but now want further footage. As for big time, I don't think 4.7 million views on YouTube for my original film is to be sneezed at.
DeleteBut surely there can't be any shortage of sharp-suited mobsters that regularly feed off the pigeon-brained in the States!
ReplyDeleteThank God, thank God! Another film about him, too?
ReplyDeleteI saw my first local teen Blackbird last week. He was impudently looking straight at me while I was getting out of the front door.
Tinúviel
The difficulty is getting the beginning of the film. I was watching him, as he was obviously hungry, but when he saw his opportunity he moved so fast that I didn't get the camera on him till he was in the water. Some cameras have a rolling live filming feature so that you can recover the last three seconds before you press the button, but not the rather ordinary little thing I use for videos because the big camera is heavy and has too little depth of field with the long lens.
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