tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post489790071453187979..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-38267741660838762112020-12-10T01:59:32.274+00:002020-12-10T01:59:32.274+00:00Thanks for the interesting link.Thanks for the interesting link.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-8436101043252645512020-12-10T01:57:53.427+00:002020-12-10T01:57:53.427+00:00Judging by some of the comments on my gull video, ...Judging by some of the comments on my gull video, Yellow-Legged Gulls seem to be particularly aggressive.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-44055961488239023442020-12-10T00:37:32.383+00:002020-12-10T00:37:32.383+00:00Bill, you are a hero!Bill, you are a hero!Tinúvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-58968744797212078502020-12-10T00:36:24.431+00:002020-12-10T00:36:24.431+00:00Hope you weren't frostbitten - I imagine that ...Hope you weren't frostbitten - I imagine that it must have taken hours of remaining still in the declining sun to get pictures. They were worth it, though, as they are magnificent.<br /><br />Once met a chap who ringed gulls. He claimed he's rather have a go at a rabid dog than at a yellog-legged gull.Tinúvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-75765258114163357732020-12-09T22:04:15.646+00:002020-12-09T22:04:15.646+00:00Sorry about the two mess ups. I met Bill briefly a...Sorry about the two mess ups. I met Bill briefly at Barnes in October 2015 when he put me on to a hobby and I got close-ups of chiffchaff and long-tailed tit. Link here:<br /><br />http://bangorwestndcp.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-autumn-moon-lights-my-way.html?m=0derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07466403223830036406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-82424746827388509882020-12-09T16:11:19.803+00:002020-12-09T16:11:19.803+00:00Thanks for the favourable comments on my gull-catc...Thanks for the favourable comments on my gull-catching abilities, folks. I have also ringed Herring, Lesser Black-backed and Great Black-backed gulls (though not catching them like this). They are to be treated with a great deal of respect when handling them and I am pleased to report that I still possess all of my digits, but still have the remnants of a scar from where a Great Black-backed gull bit meBill Haineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475347861314191193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-32578518362415219142020-12-09T01:32:32.566+00:002020-12-09T01:32:32.566+00:00The owl was well worth almost getting frozen to de...The owl was well worth almost getting frozen to death.<br /><br />The gull bit Bill Haines a lot, as I would in the circumstances, but he is inured to such things. With a Herring Gull you could get seriously hurt, and better not to think of what a Great Black-Back could do -- though I have seen these with rings on.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-36678798048445679142020-12-09T01:28:42.916+00:002020-12-09T01:28:42.916+00:00Short-Eared Owls are often seen at Rainham Marshes...Short-Eared Owls are often seen at Rainham Marshes in winter, to give the name of a place conveniently near London.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-20810869576077473772020-12-09T00:42:10.684+00:002020-12-09T00:42:10.684+00:00God, it's so BEAUTIFUL!!! (caps are merited in...God, it's so BEAUTIFUL!!! (caps are merited in this case). Very glad you could find it and it obliged by posing and giving us all the gift of enjoying its magnificence.<br /><br />It's incredible how Bill Haines managed to catch that gull, and even more incredible that he isn't missing any fingers after the experience...Tinúvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-67857723176346869072020-12-08T23:53:00.971+00:002020-12-08T23:53:00.971+00:00p.s. envious: I've never seen a Short-Eared Ow...p.s. envious: I've never seen a Short-Eared Owl. Nice shot & vids.<br />Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-13253312117207717002020-12-08T23:51:06.918+00:002020-12-08T23:51:06.918+00:00He is deft, that Bill Haines . Like Hugh, but a di...He is deft, that Bill Haines . Like Hugh, but a different style/ job, of course.Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.com