tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post7156922596543747994..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-57082303690932278252020-05-05T20:57:57.802+01:002020-05-05T20:57:57.802+01:00The pedalos were put out of use by the Public Mise...The pedalos were put out of use by the Public Misery Act 2020. Any kind of fun, however harmless, is <i>verboten</i>. East Germany under Walter Ulbricht was a mere warm-up act for Britain under Boris Johnson. One thing to laugh about is that 'Professor' Neil Ferguson of Imperial College, the government's 'scientific' adviser with a long track record of predicting casualties in past epidemics that were too high by orders of magnitude, has been obliged to resign after being caught visiting his mistress, contrary to the lockdown law he was instrumental in enforcing.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-74415704635481675282020-05-05T18:01:36.063+01:002020-05-05T18:01:36.063+01:00Are the pedalos under shelter in place orders too?...Are the pedalos under shelter in place orders too? Interesting photo.Johanna van de Woestijnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045404955308369929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-35500728476398685722020-05-05T16:32:08.237+01:002020-05-05T16:32:08.237+01:00Had to look him up, but not sure; I feel there'...Had to look him up, but not sure; I feel there's a naive realism in the figures/birds plonked among the boats seemingly at random, unlike Tanguy. <br />An efficient set-up, underemployed relatives helping out with the chicks.Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-17261297617165414692020-05-05T04:45:41.042+01:002020-05-05T04:45:41.042+01:00Lucky to be able to watch and film the young Grey ...Lucky to be able to watch and film the young Grey Wagtails through the gap in the boarding while they are running around in the deserted Lido.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-52498718082466250642020-05-05T04:40:12.768+01:002020-05-05T04:40:12.768+01:00Good to see the juvenile Grey Wagtail doing so wel...Good to see the juvenile Grey Wagtail doing so well. I didn't see any on my walk along the Brent yesterday where I had 2 last week, but was rewarded by a posing male Kingfisher at a pond near the river.<br /><br />So irresponsible to use tape luring of the Reed Warblers while they are breeding! As you say what happened to field craft & patience!Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-75823934375888432732020-05-05T01:22:53.984+01:002020-05-05T01:22:53.984+01:00All it needed was a Carrion Crow on another pedalo...All it needed was a Carrion Crow on another pedalo to be a picture you could call The Death of Hope. But I really don't think that a Coot could entertain such a thought. There is a poem:<br /><br />See the happy moron!<br />He doesn't give a damn.<br />I wish I were a moron.<br />My God! Perhaps I am.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-42873811599611883622020-05-05T01:07:31.214+01:002020-05-05T01:07:31.214+01:00That's like having Death looking at you twice ...That's like having Death looking at you twice over. Perhaps apprehension of it would get even into a Coot's thick skull.<br /><br />How I love the cheerful song of the Chiffchaff!<br /><br />TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-51452975975259730142020-05-05T00:28:36.870+01:002020-05-05T00:28:36.870+01:00Yves Tanguy?
Minimum of three adults, which I saw...Yves Tanguy?<br /><br />Minimum of three adults, which I saw all at once. Hard to tell individuals apart. Could easily be four -- two parents plus uncle and aunt from the destroyed nes.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-58574690261883344722020-05-04T22:41:21.636+01:002020-05-04T22:41:21.636+01:00Superbly odd photo with the pedalos, quite painter...Superbly odd photo with the pedalos, quite painterly.(not sure what sort of painter). Three adults feeding the tits?Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.com