tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post2414503900251780129..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-77382058272543976572017-12-18T02:00:27.772+00:002017-12-18T02:00:27.772+00:00The song of Robins is very cheering, even though y...The song of Robins is very cheering, even though you know they are shouting 'This is mine, go away!'Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-28710319011620404742017-12-17T22:16:20.161+00:002017-12-17T22:16:20.161+00:00Delighted to 'meet' everybody's heroin...Delighted to 'meet' everybody's heroines Rani and Belle, if only virtually. Please do let them know that their labour of heart has fans even overseas!<br /><br />I laughed myself silly about the keeping one eye on the world comment. <br /><br />The Great Crested Grebe looks so marvellously pretty and pristine now that the business of rearing the next generation is finished. But once again, what truly made my day is the brave Robin singing its cheery song in the face of the cold and the rain (I hope it put some warmth for Ralph in that appears to be another miserably cold day).TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-40422234755873432632017-12-17T21:16:20.043+00:002017-12-17T21:16:20.043+00:00Thanks. I hadn't even started exploring sheldu...Thanks. I hadn't even started exploring shelduck taxonomy, but now it is as clear as gold.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-71661464085722431102017-12-17T20:36:12.504+00:002017-12-17T20:36:12.504+00:00Egyptian Geese are apparently equally closely rela...Egyptian Geese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelduck#Phylogeny" rel="nofollow">are apparently equally closely related to all the Tadorna Shelducks</a>, which in Europe also include the Ruddy Shelduck. JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com