tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post5351885227224047462..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-36542756024216401602021-12-28T20:50:01.061+00:002021-12-28T20:50:01.061+00:00The original three pairs of Little Owls in Kensing...The original three pairs of Little Owls in Kensington Gardens arrived as adults in the spring of 2012. I don't think any of them are still alive. The three pairs we have seen this year must be their descendants.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-53891880620580523002021-12-28T14:18:11.355+00:002021-12-28T14:18:11.355+00:00What happened to the owl/s in the Gardens, on the ...What happened to the owl/s in the Gardens, on the chestnut tree? Is this definitely a different pair?Norbert Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10368932361332106832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-32058125651351777172021-12-28T03:13:55.057+00:002021-12-28T03:13:55.057+00:00Yes, in all the Little Owl pairs I've seen in ...Yes, in all the Little Owl pairs I've seen in the park the male has had bigger eyebrows than the female, looking all the larger because he is smaller.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-54091090275215046662021-12-28T01:52:02.901+00:002021-12-28T01:52:02.901+00:00You must be sick of my canary bird parallels, but ...You must be sick of my canary bird parallels, but the jumpy Robin shows the same behaviour he used to show when he was stressed out of his little mind: he would polish his beak nervously on a twig, defecate, fluff up his feathers and give himself a shake.<br /><br />Perhaps eyebrow difference in Little Owls is a secondary sexual trait as it is in humans?TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com