tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post1826882036792045613..comments2024-03-28T20:29:39.377+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-55262571144409751702016-10-07T20:59:11.157+01:002016-10-07T20:59:11.157+01:00Oh yeah...was wondering why it mattered whether it...Oh yeah...was wondering why it mattered whether it was a male, as both sexes are so similar, but misunderstood.Daniel Langstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821614719094475244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-68550675785497885722016-10-07T19:50:05.820+01:002016-10-07T19:50:05.820+01:00Thanks for the information. I meant that both sexe...Thanks for the information. I meant that both sexes of Tree Sparrow rather resemble a male House Sparrow. But if you heard it calling too, there were grounds to be pretty certain.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-70009795942962551402016-10-07T15:39:14.773+01:002016-10-07T15:39:14.773+01:00The Tree Sparrow was flying east calling, wouldn&#...The Tree Sparrow was flying east calling, wouldn't have been able to tell if it was a male as it was quite high.Daniel Langstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821614719094475244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-88389433895263667382016-10-05T23:23:48.955+01:002016-10-05T23:23:48.955+01:00and I (naively) didn't -or maybe didn't li...and I (naively) didn't -or maybe didn't like to- realise that people kept the birds for food, and that they were generally all eaten before winter so that no grain was wasted on them. So I was told.Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-13273570096380101252016-10-05T23:08:13.506+01:002016-10-05T23:08:13.506+01:00Never occurred to me that small raptors might get ...Never occurred to me that small raptors might get in through the holes. But no, they couldn't fly inside, with their long wings.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-47000240906069627072016-10-05T22:58:31.475+01:002016-10-05T22:58:31.475+01:00I recently visited a place with a 17th Century dov...I recently visited a place with a 17th Century dovecote, and learned that the doves/pigeons were relatively safe from the odd bird of prey getting in as they can lift off vertically, which the bird of prey can't. Had not previously considered these implications of the different types of lift-off.Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-49915818719497061752016-10-05T21:10:13.126+01:002016-10-05T21:10:13.126+01:00The birds are fed and looked after by the zoo staf...The birds are fed and looked after by the zoo staff, so it's sort of semi-official.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-70153942193762026352016-10-05T20:28:31.342+01:002016-10-05T20:28:31.342+01:00Sweet innocent-looking Black-Headed Gull... not!
...Sweet innocent-looking Black-Headed Gull... not!<br /><br />I'm curious about the measures taken to care for the House Sparrow population in Regent Park. Is it official conservationist policy, or is it the endeavour of private citizens?TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com