tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post5031767771920637337..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-56245155803721012402020-09-17T01:52:29.240+01:002020-09-17T01:52:29.240+01:00Do you mean here? It's actually east of the or...Do you mean <a href="https://bit.ly/3mniaLs" rel="nofollow">here</a>? It's actually east of the original tree, not north. This is the line of three horse chestnuts where the owls nested one year when they were driven out of their usual hole a crows nesting in the top of the lime tree.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-53765027684592354852020-09-16T22:29:18.513+01:002020-09-16T22:29:18.513+01:00Hi Raplh . I heard the little owls and have found ...Hi Raplh . I heard the little owls and have found a lot of feathers in the trees north from the usual trees 4 times last week just by the guards area ( not sure how this is called) but could not see them , the other one answered once from a group of trees further left on Bucks Hill just by the barrier. This is the last time I have heard them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897200522367947178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-56430917835309118352020-09-15T13:21:00.332+01:002020-09-15T13:21:00.332+01:00Thanks. Will update the blog when I get home.Thanks. Will update the blog when I get home.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-40296438472984684832020-09-15T13:19:16.562+01:002020-09-15T13:19:16.562+01:00Yes, having seen it in the flesh, I can confirm th...Yes, having seen it in the flesh, I can confirm the idMariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377509108021150006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-38163282440152965112020-09-15T00:51:42.280+01:002020-09-15T00:51:42.280+01:00Yes, someone else said that to me about that heron...Yes, someone else said that to me about that heron pose. I am such a pure soul that it had never occurred to me. [Smirks.]<br /><br />I do think that Little Owl is the offspring of one of the three pairs that arrived in 2012. It is going to take some finding in a tall tree with many holes.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-23387705195520188032020-09-15T00:48:55.305+01:002020-09-15T00:48:55.305+01:00It was a young Great Crested Grebe wanting to be f...It was a young Great Crested Grebe wanting to be fed. The Hobbies were around, of course, but they have a different call.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-7677334127539683822020-09-14T23:52:16.239+01:002020-09-14T23:52:16.239+01:00I can't shake the impression that the Heron lo...I can't shake the impression that the Heron looks like the stereotypical exhibitionist.<br /><br />Any theory on whether the new Little Owl may be the offspring of any of the existing pairs?<br /><br />Who could resist such an imperious stare? Here, have all my peanuts!<br />TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-20117565727506157262020-09-14T22:18:03.482+01:002020-09-14T22:18:03.482+01:00At the beginning of the pigeon bathing video, I th...At the beginning of the pigeon bathing video, I thought I could hear a high piping voice. Was there a bird of prey around?Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-37438401514620753122020-09-14T21:57:33.408+01:002020-09-14T21:57:33.408+01:00Many thanks. I've never seen this fungus befor...Many thanks. I've never seen this fungus before either. It's on the path about halfway between the Buck Hill shelter and the Henry Moore, just behind the railings.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-1914489081756671002020-09-14T21:21:09.298+01:002020-09-14T21:21:09.298+01:00Difficult to be sure from the photo, but the mushr...Difficult to be sure from the photo, but the mushroom could be the Giant Funnel (Leucopaxillus giganteus),though I have never seen it in the park.Mariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377509108021150006noreply@blogger.com