tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post4587275847214936447..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-21899508044837776072019-09-14T01:35:10.838+01:002019-09-14T01:35:10.838+01:00Of all birds Great Crested Grebes seem the least c...Of all birds Great Crested Grebes seem the least comfortable about folding themselves up neatly. They are constantly shrugging and flapping and waving their feet in the air.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-61419068385874899082019-09-14T01:31:54.160+01:002019-09-14T01:31:54.160+01:00And so many possible reasons for this, perhaps dif...And so many possible reasons for this, perhaps different for each species, that it's impossible to make general remarks about why.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-11543401460646227782019-09-14T00:49:55.116+01:002019-09-14T00:49:55.116+01:00Is there a sight more endearing that the young Gre...Is there a sight more endearing that the young Grebes practicing their greeting ceremony? The father flapping its wings and showing its white belly is so beautiful.<br /><br />I wonder why birds yawn. Maybe they do it to relieve tiredness, not boredom.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-65652355067320300252019-09-13T22:19:02.102+01:002019-09-13T22:19:02.102+01:00Funny how it's worked out in the last 40 years...Funny how it's worked out in the last 40 years in London, with vanishing Bullfinch, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Spotted Flycatcher and Wood Warbler, fewer Redpoll and House Sparrow, while many and varied larger breeding birds have swept in. JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com