tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post5388845356983942783..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-25983890119993453202018-05-08T20:29:54.089+01:002018-05-08T20:29:54.089+01:00And yet Grey Herons are impossibly light and flims...And yet Grey Herons are impossibly light and flimsy. They weigh about the same as a Mallard, and their huge wings seem excessive to lift their frail bodies into the air.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-58395150789735357962018-05-08T19:50:55.761+01:002018-05-08T19:50:55.761+01:00The Coot looks positively proud of its nest. Like ...The Coot looks positively proud of its nest. Like a king on a throne surveying his earthly possessions.<br /><br />So they are eating fish, even if a bit on the larger side. Yay!<br /><br />Herons have mastered the art of looking impassively statuesque. Who needs brains when you have brawn and beauty.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-28107469062327275902018-05-08T02:04:21.156+01:002018-05-08T02:04:21.156+01:00The local heron goes after the smaller ones.The local heron goes after the smaller ones.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-58839133091834583602018-05-08T01:08:27.468+01:002018-05-08T01:08:27.468+01:00Seems surprising there's nothing going after t...Seems surprising there's nothing going after these carp in such a confined space, or is there, or is it not as confined as it looks? JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-75020115101163260352018-05-07T20:54:29.849+01:002018-05-07T20:54:29.849+01:00Yes, probably -- over the weir and down the waterf...Yes, probably -- over the weir and down the waterfall. But carp and perch have also made it into the closed world of the Italian Garden ponds, maybe as eggs stuck to the legs of birds.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-17516073849013024042018-05-07T20:12:53.388+01:002018-05-07T20:12:53.388+01:00Very interesting as always, do you think that the ...Very interesting as always, do you think that the carp were washed there as fry?L fairfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274756119129254373noreply@blogger.com