tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post1899319103203779926..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-70161443745998579022016-04-12T21:32:44.490+01:002016-04-12T21:32:44.490+01:00Thanks for the info about the swan, and also the t...Thanks for the info about the swan, and also the tip for finding older posts. Your photos are lovely and I am learning a lot from the accompanying textsPauline G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-37813182207745195992016-04-12T20:18:14.256+01:002016-04-12T20:18:14.256+01:00Anyone who wants to be shown round the park can si...Anyone who wants to be shown round the park can simply ask me. Unless there is something particular going on, I'll be happy to oblige. Usually I arrange to meet people at the south end of the Serpentine bridge at 11.30 am.<br /><br />Dunno about expertise, though. At least I know where things are.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-64644598321285283582016-04-12T20:15:48.374+01:002016-04-12T20:15:48.374+01:00She's still well under age. Next year would be...She's still well under age. Next year would be the earliest she can breed, maybe the year after that.<br /><br />There's a serious deficiency in Blogger blogs: you can't go directly to a particular month of a previous year. However, there is a simple trick. When you are on the normal blog page<br />http://kensingtongardensandhydeparkbirds.blogspot.co.uk<br />go to its URL listed at the top of your browser page, and type the year and month after the address, separated by slashes like this:<br />http://kensingtongardensandhydeparkbirds.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06<br />Then hit Enter. The example here will land you on the last day of June 2012.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-14354580522400012082016-04-12T16:57:49.252+01:002016-04-12T16:57:49.252+01:00Do you ever open your Hyde Park bird walks to budd...Do you ever open your Hyde Park bird walks to budding bird enthusiasts who would love to learn from your expertise?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-19444076185793978472016-04-12T09:32:13.136+01:002016-04-12T09:32:13.136+01:00Is the Black Swan's girlfriend old enough to b...Is the Black Swan's girlfriend old enough to breed this year? Or still 'under age'? I wonder why he didn't choose a mature Mute Swan, or maybe he tried and they rejected his advances? I didn't find your excellent blog until after the start of this ongoing avian soap opera - though I guess I could catch earlier episodes on KGHP catch-up if I scoll back far enough!Pauline G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-33941333759022577662016-04-11T23:10:25.439+01:002016-04-11T23:10:25.439+01:00Whoops, sorry, thank you. There were both Coots an...Whoops, sorry, thank you. There were both Coots and Moorhens fighting and I didn't look too closely at the picture.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-83696365236707245022016-04-11T20:59:50.969+01:002016-04-11T20:59:50.969+01:00P.S.: The crazy fighting pair are moorhens?P.S.: The crazy fighting pair are moorhens?TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-46937156270020335812016-04-11T20:57:59.816+01:002016-04-11T20:57:59.816+01:00That makes it even lovelier, I think.
Coots will b...That makes it even lovelier, I think.<br />Coots will be coots, it seems. If they weren't so comical-looking they'd be positively terrifying.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-53979404405767837392016-04-11T20:38:13.740+01:002016-04-11T20:38:13.740+01:00Pity it was taken in pouring rain.Pity it was taken in pouring rain.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-23381538083272703052016-04-11T20:37:35.714+01:002016-04-11T20:37:35.714+01:00To be fair, the swans have trashed the rafts so ba...To be fair, the swans have trashed the rafts so badly that one of them is staring to sink.<br /><br />As for the little Egyptians, they may be out of immediate danger from gulls in maybe three weeks. But it's still a dangerous world.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-43966128690003509572016-04-11T20:24:16.955+01:002016-04-11T20:24:16.955+01:00P.S. That is a very poster-friendly swan pic. Woul...P.S. That is a very poster-friendly swan pic. Would make great publicity for the Park too.Dom Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-302675722207234702016-04-11T20:21:32.909+01:002016-04-11T20:21:32.909+01:00Flippin' wildlife doesn't know what's ...Flippin' wildlife doesn't know what's good for 'em! Thank goodness for conservationists to keep 'em in their place. :-)<br /><br />How long before goslings become too big and ugly for gulls to snack on? I shall be counting down the days...Dom Gnoreply@blogger.com