tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post537390202847156775..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-55356856607896767272016-09-29T00:40:52.203+01:002016-09-29T00:40:52.203+01:00You may very well be right -- I simply don't k...You may very well be right -- I simply don't know. The picture on the blog gives all the information I have. With a blown-up photograph taken with a long lens you get more detail than through binoculars, but the dead goose was still quite a long way off. It looked to me as if the head had been ripped off, not something that a corvid could manage with a big goose, and that was why I guessed it was a fox.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-35163887612482780162016-09-28T21:18:34.469+01:002016-09-28T21:18:34.469+01:00Hi Ralph, I am feeling a little perplexed about th...Hi Ralph, I am feeling a little perplexed about the dead goose possibly torn by a fox. I tried to do some research and foxes can swim indeed but will only resort to swim if starving for food. It's not winter yet and such behaviour has not been recorded in any other parks yet. I was wondering maybe the goose died a few weeks back and gulls and herons, crows and magpies had a go at it? There were a couple of sick Canada geese around lately ( digestive problems related to parasites ) and one of them have not been seen for about a week now. Sadly it was the father of the goslings who raised the 3 adopted greylags too. I am obviously quite upset but he got unwell and left the flock, feathers were quite manky and he struggled to eat but still took some. Last time he was seen was about a week ago as mentioned before.Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17272976401562348863noreply@blogger.com