tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post2196281296380757134..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-63077231335905977272021-03-20T06:03:46.441+00:002021-03-20T06:03:46.441+00:00Rima is the subject of the ugly Epstein relief on ...Rima is the subject of the ugly Epstein relief on the Hudson Memorial, a lumpy girl flanked by birds. W.H. Hudson is remembered as a naturalist, but his day job was writing popular romantic novels, and his <i>Green Mansions</i> was a bestseller. An English naturalist visits the South American rainforest, finds a 'lost' tribe, falls in love with one of them, a girl named Rima who dresses in spiders' webs and speaks the language of the birds. It ends tragically. You can read it on Project Gutenberg. I barely made it to the top of page 2.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-21329483673619094472021-03-20T05:38:19.755+00:002021-03-20T05:38:19.755+00:00Thanks for enlightening me Ralph about Rima.Thanks for enlightening me Ralph about Rima.Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-85848721131587464352021-03-19T10:17:51.310+00:002021-03-19T10:17:51.310+00:00I've seen four pairs of Jackdaws looking at ne...I've seen four pairs of Jackdaws looking at nest holes, though one pair has since been pushed out by Stock Doves. Rima is the usual name for what is marked on maps as the Hudson Memorial, on the south side of the screen of trees around the Hyde Park greenhouses. Will go there now.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-74958653217870157122021-03-19T07:16:23.212+00:002021-03-19T07:16:23.212+00:00Great shots of the Wren & the lovely Nuthatch....Great shots of the Wren & the lovely Nuthatch. Jackdaws do seem to be increasing- I do enjoy them & see them locally (many at my local patch of Ten Acre Wood). Noted that Des McKenzie saw a pair collecting nesting material on your patch yesterday. He also reported 6 Lesser Redpoll in birches near Rima (I have no idea what or where that is in the Park?). Interestingly we found a female of these locally yesterday feeding with 5 Goldfinches-it came down from a low branch in a poplar to some seedheads about 4 metres from us, so some wonderful views. The first I've seen in Perivale Park.Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-76257186922236906852021-03-19T02:07:26.582+00:002021-03-19T02:07:26.582+00:00I think the Wren got into the story of the King of...I think the Wren got into the story of the King of the Birds by mistake -- the ancients were pretty vague about species, and translators no better. I think the true king is the Goldcrest (<i>Regulus regulus</i>), the smallest of Old World birds and wearing a golden crown.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-32885240067612063582021-03-19T00:15:51.403+00:002021-03-19T00:15:51.403+00:00That female Kestrel is such a beauty!
The Bearded...That female Kestrel is such a beauty! <br />The Bearded Tit looks every inch the villain, including wearing a suitable expression.<br /><br />No wonder the Wren is striking such a regal pose. A long time ago they were kings of all birds, after all.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com