tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post4730488533951129268..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-44559641494042698492019-01-07T21:25:15.971+00:002019-01-07T21:25:15.971+00:00This is supposed to grow in the park, according to...This is supposed to grow in the park, according to those pictorial notices, but I've never seen it. My favourite name is still 'Fool's Funnel', which conjures up some ghastly painting by Bosch or Brueghel.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-77014510379502958232019-01-07T12:44:09.359+00:002019-01-07T12:44:09.359+00:00Not as lovely a name as 'amethyst deceiver'...Not as lovely a name as 'amethyst deceiver' (L. amethystina).HarryGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09523424632142627975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-4726080635557196682018-12-31T17:30:41.802+00:002018-12-31T17:30:41.802+00:00I hope to get some pictures of crows pulling up st...I hope to get some pictures of crows pulling up strips of turf. They can lift surprisingly large ones.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-90319420374363558472018-12-31T16:23:35.984+00:002018-12-31T16:23:35.984+00:00"Never go in against a Crow when worms are on..."Never go in against a Crow when worms are on the line".TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-67946419375477230262018-12-31T00:57:25.101+00:002018-12-31T00:57:25.101+00:00The thrushes will switch to worms. The park is goi...The thrushes will switch to worms. The park is going to be Redwing heaven in a couple of weeks when the Winter Wasteland closes and is dismantled, leaving a vast expanse of bare soil where the grass has been killed but the worms are still alive. For a while they will be the most numerous thrushes in the park, but there will also be Fieldfares, Mistle Thrushes, Blackbirds, a few Song Thrushes, some Pied Wagtails and the usual band of Carrion Crows here. The crows stay when the area is returfed -- which is done with great speed at vast expense -- and turn over the smaller inserts of turf to find worms underneath, which have to be put back in place daily.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-73880129536761247812018-12-30T22:30:35.344+00:002018-12-30T22:30:35.344+00:00My Goodness, isn't the oblivious Wren adorable...My Goodness, isn't the oblivious Wren adorable!<br /><br />What are they going to do now that the fruit in the rowan trees is gone?<br /><br />The only correct response to the Jackdaw's natural authority is proper compliance and submission.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-82819283068947530932018-12-30T21:21:22.126+00:002018-12-30T21:21:22.126+00:00Thank you for the provisional identification. Prob...Thank you for the provisional identification. Probably that's all that can be done. There were only three, about 50 yards SE of the Queen's Temple, and they don't look long-lived.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-29199397700617361592018-12-30T21:15:14.777+00:002018-12-30T21:15:14.777+00:00Without checking in the field I would guess that t...Without checking in the field I would guess that the mushrooms could be Laccaria laccata, commonly known as the deceiver<br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com