tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post6056826629815657871..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-51364180639597482472018-11-19T19:47:36.817+00:002018-11-19T19:47:36.817+00:00Thanks, interesting. They must have to take a run ...Thanks, interesting. They must have to take a run even when they aren't being chased.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-46435634074994940252018-11-19T08:39:00.835+00:002018-11-19T08:39:00.835+00:00I did see a young swan get out of the Italian gard...I did see a young swan get out of the Italian gardens pond - with an angry adult behind it, the momentum plus spread wings enabled it to get a foot on the edging stone and vault out. Abigailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-26291787392889537122018-11-19T04:36:49.114+00:002018-11-19T04:36:49.114+00:00According to a rather vague account in Andrew Self...According to a rather vague account in Andrew Self's <i>The Birds of London</i>, it's the first Black-Necked Grebe seen in the park since around 1930. The first record from Staines Reservoir was in 1907.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-53358035479817997232018-11-19T04:29:49.258+00:002018-11-19T04:29:49.258+00:00Excellent record with the Black-necked Grebe. Norm...Excellent record with the Black-necked Grebe. Normally Staines Reservoir is the main place I see them around London.Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-16105352322852073162018-11-18T21:35:24.571+00:002018-11-18T21:35:24.571+00:00The feeder is quite successful. In its rather shad...The feeder is quite successful. In its rather shady spot, the tits and other small birds have found it, but the parakeets and rats haven't, It is <i>supposed</i> to be squirrel proof, but Fort Knox isn't squirrel proof.<br /><br />The young grebe should be able to fly in early January. We don't usually get serious ice before then. The main danger to young grebes is not learning to fish well enough to cope with an only moderately well stocked lake.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-44685409349370091672018-11-18T21:07:48.084+00:002018-11-18T21:07:48.084+00:00How is the feeder you put up coming along, by the ...How is the feeder you put up coming along, by the way?<br /><br />I meant to ask about the young Grebe from yesterday's post. Does it have a good chance of making it through the winter? I hope so.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com