tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post5736055428067613611..comments2024-03-28T20:29:39.377+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-38695812038333756742019-11-28T01:34:34.840+00:002019-11-28T01:34:34.840+00:00I'm sure that Gollum ate rats too, the herons&...I'm sure that Gollum ate rats too, the herons' other main catch, but Tolkien didn't give us his rat song.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-61442235305628799972019-11-28T01:00:26.484+00:002019-11-28T01:00:26.484+00:00I had never thought that Herons would perceive the...I had never thought that Herons would perceive the glitter of scales first when trying to locate where fish are. I reminds me of Gollum's fish song:<br /><br />The cold hard lands<br />they bites our hands,<br />they gnaws our feet.<br />The rocks and stones<br />are like old bones<br />all bare of meat.<br />But stream and pool<br />is wet and cool:<br />so nice for feet!<br />And now we wish -<br /><br />Alive without breath;<br />as cold as death;<br />never thirsting, ever drinking<br />clad in mail, never clinking.<br />Drowns on dry land,<br />thinks an island<br />is a mountain;<br />thinks a fountain<br />is a puff of air.<br />So sleek, so fair!<br />What a joy to meet!<br />We only wish<br />to catch a fish,<br />so juicy-sweet!<br />TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com