tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post2512037894349995651..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-51564556299169295522021-09-17T01:32:35.126+01:002021-09-17T01:32:35.126+01:00Those gulls are an old married couple -- at least,...Those gulls are an old married couple -- at least, they've been together in that place on the edge of the Serpentine for several years.<br /><br />The call of a female Little Owl is more meow-like than that of the male, which is more monotone. I've just been checking this on xeno-canto to make sure.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-50227472851419610952021-09-17T00:00:04.777+01:002021-09-17T00:00:04.777+01:00I so wish someone invented a gull-to-human decoder...I so wish someone invented a gull-to-human decoder. I wonder what they are saying to each other. They almost look like an old married couple.<br />Splendid picture of the Thrush attacking the red berries, although the prettiest one, at leas to my eyes, today is the contorsionist Long Tailed Tit.<br /><br />I played the Little Owl video to my husband and he thought it was a tiny cat meowing! In Spanish cats and little owls share the same verb, mayar, 'to say meow'.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com