tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post3019205439607090293..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-65439365781175248782016-07-18T19:22:13.636+01:002016-07-18T19:22:13.636+01:00It seems that moulting makes swans even more irrit...It seems that moulting makes swans even more irritable than they are already. It can't be comfortable regrowing those huge feathers.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-53544860220079843942016-07-18T11:50:17.995+01:002016-07-18T11:50:17.995+01:00I like that the mute swan picture shows him with o...I like that the mute swan picture shows him with one foot up (presumably from the heat)and still able to create the disturbance in the water as he steams after the geese. The swan looks a bit tatty on top too, so maybe he's extra irritable from being in moult? Perhaps the black swan is using that to his advantage?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-26399072385857144102016-07-18T10:29:20.479+01:002016-07-18T10:29:20.479+01:00They were under an awning. Some of them came out.They were under an awning. Some of them came out.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-8754803789349651442016-07-18T08:06:59.219+01:002016-07-18T08:06:59.219+01:00Yes, I'm sure they're well cared for, but ...Yes, I'm sure they're well cared for, but there's something abut the sight of a bird flapping around upside down suspended by its ankles which distresses me (and the bird I suspect). And wouldn't owls naturally prefer to be out of the midday sun?Dom Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-20775096640746220392016-07-18T00:21:59.372+01:002016-07-18T00:21:59.372+01:00Yes, they do -- or they will in the case of this o...Yes, they do -- or they will in the case of this one, which is very young. I don't like seeing captive birds either, but these have all been hand-raised from the word go, and I think they have a decent life.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-70646249152334406742016-07-17T22:50:57.017+01:002016-07-17T22:50:57.017+01:00Smart swan.
I always find tethered birds a sorry ...Smart swan.<br /><br />I always find tethered birds a sorry spectacle. Do they actually fly their little owls?Dom Gnoreply@blogger.com