tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post2440812547157519500..comments2024-03-28T19:47:03.214+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-58303185298496415602021-03-02T20:01:01.456+00:002021-03-02T20:01:01.456+00:00Thanks for the information. It coincided with a re...Thanks for the information. It coincided with a reply from Euring after I reported the number, so this sighting has been logged. It was the first time the crow had been reported after you ringed her.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-84185952310511090882021-03-02T08:41:37.575+00:002021-03-02T08:41:37.575+00:00The Carrion Crow was ringed as a 1st calendar year...The Carrion Crow was ringed as a 1st calendar year bird in The Regent's Park on 23rd October 2018. This is the first carrion Crow that I have successfully managed to catch in a mist-net - most corvids are far too clever to go near such things or can get out of the nets relatively easily due to their size. It does show that Crows in the Parks move between the different Parks, and presumably around London. Bill Haineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475347861314191193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-68347147992974011132021-02-26T02:41:42.080+00:002021-02-26T02:41:42.080+00:00I'd say the other way round if anything.I'd say the other way round if anything.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-38727727921327548482021-02-26T02:40:47.021+00:002021-02-26T02:40:47.021+00:00Thorns seem to mean nothing to birds. A couple of ...Thorns seem to mean nothing to birds. A couple of months ago I saw a Great Tit hopping around in a monkeypuzzle, who surface is nothing but needle-sharp spikes.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-34685892576421208722021-02-26T00:14:58.103+00:002021-02-26T00:14:58.103+00:00I wonder if its clearly above-standard intelligenc...I wonder if its clearly above-standard intelligence is also due to its diet, BTW.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-29822284059717551712021-02-26T00:13:52.334+00:002021-02-26T00:13:52.334+00:00Oddly enough, to me Dunnock song means winter. The...Oddly enough, to me Dunnock song means winter. There is an enormous influx of migrant Dunnocks from central Europe in winter and that is when I hear them more often.<br /><br />It's a miracle that the Long Tailed Tit doesn't get pricked jumping all over those thorns.<br /><br />Pigeon Killer is looking splendid.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-18188655075990578092021-02-25T20:29:43.169+00:002021-02-25T20:29:43.169+00:00Thanks. Yes, today's video shows the female go...Thanks. Yes, today's video shows the female going to the back of the ledge, evidently to eat a bit more of the pigeon.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-15395086235736160362021-02-25T20:27:17.963+00:002021-02-25T20:27:17.963+00:00Thanks for your reply to my last post, Ralph. I t...Thanks for your reply to my last post, Ralph. I tried again today with better results: <br /><br />1402. started obvs at the northern end of the Parade Ground. Nothing on HPB. <br /><br />1430. bird in the air to the north, a little beyond the park boundary. Went eastwards past the former Odeon site, then south across the Parade Ground and circled over the SE corner of the park. Headed westwards and landed up on HPB right-hand ledge 1436. <br /><br />1442. disappeared. Scanned around to the east and north but to no avail until... <br /><br />1445. peregrine low over the rooftops to the NW, heading southwards with a pigeon. As it (she, I was pretty sure) flew over the wooded area surrounding the Old Police House a herring gull began harrassing her, getting very close, but she appeared to keep hold of the kill. Landed up on HPB right-hand ledge. <br /><br />Headed towards HPB to get a closer look. <br /><br />1451. Second bird now on the RH ledge, probably the tiercel. The first bird visibly feeding, further back in the ledge. Her back looks to have somewhat of a dark brown shade to it whereas the other bird, on the edge of the ledge with its back to me, definitely looks greyer. <br /><br />1459. Tiercel moved over to the kill - thought a spat would ensue, but nothing happened. He moved back to the edge of the ledge, facing outwards. <br /><br />1510. finished up. Both birds still on the ledge when I made my last check near the NE shelter at 1518. Tudopatnoreply@blogger.com