tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post6339248398905098819..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-77897818038498093482020-12-13T09:48:08.723+00:002020-12-13T09:48:08.723+00:00Individuals do seem to be very variable, much more...Individuals do seem to be very variable, much more so than with the <i>Larus</i> species.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-75664729457882187642020-12-13T06:30:39.480+00:002020-12-13T06:30:39.480+00:00Lovely shot of the Little Owl!
In our local park ...Lovely shot of the Little Owl!<br /><br />In our local park we also have a single Black-headed Gull that has a full dark hood already.Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-18075648746379076952020-12-13T02:08:46.498+00:002020-12-13T02:08:46.498+00:00The female Little Owl seems to have two regular ho...The female Little Owl seems to have two regular holes, and has certainly been hiding in one of them during the recent cold spell, but I don't know which one. The last sighting before this was near the other hole, in a a horse chestnut tree and not visible from the ground.<br /><br />A single Mute Swan flying can be heard a mile away. It seems that the sound acts as a form of communication. Other kinds of swan fly much more quietly.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-62146554501955167692020-12-13T00:24:07.943+00:002020-12-13T00:24:07.943+00:00So great to see the Little Owl's lovely face a...So great to see the Little Owl's lovely face again. Has she been hiding in her hole all this time, or has she gone elsewhere and is now back?<br /><br />I imagine that the sound of the swan's beating wings must be spectacular.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com