tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post6527237842346614426..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-33839237784659656962019-05-22T21:19:14.967+01:002019-05-22T21:19:14.967+01:00Yes, I feared that it would hatch into some monstr...Yes, I feared that it would hatch into some monstrous flying creature.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-89566950577944328412019-05-22T21:17:57.073+01:002019-05-22T21:17:57.073+01:00I rest easier in the knowledge that it isn't o...I rest easier in the knowledge that it isn't one of the Pod People, as I had feared.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-54957492020141804522019-05-22T10:01:13.618+01:002019-05-22T10:01:13.618+01:00Thanks for identifying that sinister-looking objec...Thanks for identifying that sinister-looking object.<br /><br />We seem to have three singing male Whitethroats in the park. The song is quite distinctive. But in previous years I've only heard one very occasionally.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-5151758779182970802019-05-22T05:29:56.782+01:002019-05-22T05:29:56.782+01:00Agree with the damselfly ID. The photo below seems...Agree with the damselfly ID. The photo below seems to show a catkin that's blown into the webbing.<br /><br />Plenty of Whiethroats on my patch though I'm a fair way from central London.Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-59043838842480476162019-05-22T04:05:55.348+01:002019-05-22T04:05:55.348+01:00Yes, I have always thought that Andersen wrote tha...Yes, I have always thought that Andersen wrote that story without looking. He wouldn't be the only writer to ignore reality.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-25991602467486778152019-05-21T23:29:26.085+01:002019-05-21T23:29:26.085+01:00Whitethroats are so infrequent here, I am green wi...Whitethroats are so infrequent here, I am green with envy. Lovely bird, as is the entire sylvia genus.<br /><br />That is the exact same purple iris I meant the other day! Round here they always flower near Easter, and their purple colour has always been linked to Christ's passion.<br /><br />No wonder the Moorhen gave the Heron a wide berth. I think I can almost hear what the Heron is thinking.<br /><br />I wonder how it came to be that Andersen decided to call a cygnet "the ugly duckling". They are so pretty, it doesn't make sense.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com