tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post3778463728145350421..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-27834457574764289392018-10-06T22:35:08.211+01:002018-10-06T22:35:08.211+01:00There have been a few sightings of Asian hornets i...There have been a few sightings of Asian hornets in England, each followed by an attempt to eradicate the colony. It's certainly not established yet, but probably it will get through. For a while people were panicking when they saw the big ginger European hornets (not sure what species they belong to, but our usual hornets look like oversized wasps). But these are quite different and fairly docile.<br /><br />How curious about the deluded canary. Have never heard of anything like that before.<br /><br />Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-37200309212100946292018-10-06T21:32:13.058+01:002018-10-06T21:32:13.058+01:00It's sooooo pretty, that Bumblebee! I shall co...It's sooooo pretty, that Bumblebee! I shall content myself with petting its screen image though.<br /><br />Has the Asian Hornet arrived in England? It is causing many problems in Spain, deaths included. We are expecting it to arrive in Extremadura for next summer, which is going to be very hard on the poor honey bees. There is a host of their natural predators here, starting with the fearsome European Hornet, but scientists doubt that it'll be enough to control the invasion.<br /><br />That poor Blackbird looks so tatty it almost looks diseased. I am sure that the reason why my beloved canary bird lived as long as he did (17 years) is because he never had to raise chicks (the first couple of years the silly dear would try to feed his own feet by stuffing food between his toes, but he soon got over it).TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com