tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post5013470033512527948..comments2024-03-28T20:29:39.377+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-24833227107048850902020-03-07T05:49:44.748+00:002020-03-07T05:49:44.748+00:00Many thanks for the identification. I had noticed ...Many thanks for the identification. I had noticed its hairy feet, a bit out of focus in this shot, but foolishly paid no attention to them.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-41544393392891600502020-03-07T05:42:09.474+00:002020-03-07T05:42:09.474+00:00Nice to see the Chiffchaff- hopefully a harbinger ...Nice to see the Chiffchaff- hopefully a harbinger of spring (even if in your case it is an overwintering individual). The only one I've seen was such a bird at Titchwell back in January.<br /><br />Your bee, despite a superficial resemblance to a Carder Bee is a solitary species- a male Hairy-footed Flower Bee (the females are blackish), Anthophora plumipes. These love tubular flowers- in my garden Pulmonarias + Creeping Comfrey. Yesterday I saw my first female in the garden for the season on a Muscari flower before 3 males gave her a chase.<br />Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-27628740147059288822020-03-07T01:39:27.497+00:002020-03-07T01:39:27.497+00:00Well, a silly display is always better than an out...Well, a silly display is always better than an outright fight. Swans can and do hurt each other in those.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-80656898811447102702020-03-07T01:36:38.307+00:002020-03-07T01:36:38.307+00:00They're seasonal. You wouldn't want Christ...They're seasonal. You wouldn't want Christmas pudding all year round.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-49834235882861552872020-03-07T00:29:30.164+00:002020-03-07T00:29:30.164+00:00Going to miss the pictures of the Redwings as well...Going to miss the pictures of the Redwings as well. Such beautiful and secretive birds. On the other hand, Chiffchaffs are beginning to sing: we win some, we lose some.<br /><br />Striking picture of the Cormorant. They repay taking a closer look.<br /><br />I'm sure that is a menacing display, for a Swan, but for the rest of the universe it looks slightly comical.Tinúvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-90723256962762309112020-03-06T22:59:58.831+00:002020-03-06T22:59:58.831+00:00I managed to see the Redwings three times this yea...I managed to see the Redwings three times this year. I’ll miss themIan Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805150608243315063noreply@blogger.com