tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post7117997240956137889..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-85530841844551844182019-06-13T00:50:31.485+01:002019-06-13T00:50:31.485+01:00I was worried about that Magpie, since caffeine ca...I was worried about that Magpie, since caffeine can be lethal to some animals. But maybe birds are no more affected by it than humans, as the bird seemed quite all right afterwards, and it was not behaving strangely. I think it was getting mostly sugar from the bottom of the cup, with only enough coffee to moisten it.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-4425234122052775852019-06-13T00:47:33.807+01:002019-06-13T00:47:33.807+01:00Reporting on the behaviour of the bird in the park...Reporting on the behaviour of the bird in the park here and on YouTube has brought in quite a few reports of similar behaviour elsewhere. Lesser Black-Backs, Yellow-Legged Gulls and California Gulls seem to account for most of the pigeons killed.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-70144509157585497912019-06-13T00:08:51.766+01:002019-06-13T00:08:51.766+01:00Love, love, love the picture of the Bumblebee on t...Love, love, love the picture of the Bumblebee on the cornflower. Spectacular colours.<br /><br />God help us, a caffeinated Magpie. What did it act like afterwards?<br /><br />Very glad to see the missing Cygnet turned up. So many new babies - let us cross our fingers for them.<br /><br />I am sort of glad to see that Coots continue to uphold Coot civilization's traditions, and that includes fighting like one demented, with as much energy as little point.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-18325454784313890592019-06-12T21:55:11.278+01:002019-06-12T21:55:11.278+01:00In Golders Hill Park this evening, an adult Lesser...In Golders Hill Park this evening, an adult Lesser Black-back was pecking at the torso of a feral pigeon that it had been seen to kill over an hour earlier, on the upper pond, where birds are fed most. No other birds were nearby when I arrived. Jim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com